Inside Higher Ed had an article yesterday about the personnel cuts happening here at UC Davis: Also, Academic Senate chair Henry Powell sent a three page letter to Mark Yudof complaining about the lack of faculty input in cuts…
Consider attending a conference at UC Davis on 16th April that will address the systemic problems in the governance of California: ——————————- What are the roots of our crisis? What are its implications for Californians and the world? And what…
Richard Evans, a UC Davis Cooperative Extension Specialist who wrote a piece about the off scale growth in administrators at UC that was published on CUCFA’s Keep California’s Promise website and who was quoted in the Sacramento Bee article about…
In response to continuing criticism of the size of administrative FTE in UC, the Office of President has fired back with the claim that this growth reflects the changing composition of the University, particularly the professional schools and hospitals. See…
A coalition of students and educators from the K-12, Community Colleges, CSU and UC will be engaged in actions in support of education in Sacramento on March 4. Other activities in support of public education are planned around the country.…
The Legislative Analyst’s Office is recommending that the legislature cut $300 million from the Governor’s budget’s proposed augmentations to the state’s universities. The LAO proposes providing UC funding equal to the 2007-08 budget, adjusted for enrollment. The LAO’s full report…
“The finances of the University of California will finally be examined by the state auditor as a result of an official request by Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo). After several improprieties and poor decision-making by UC executives, the Joint…
CUCFA and other UC organizations are gearing up for the spring legislative budgeting session. As a first step toward the March 4th day of action, the UCSC FA is collecting signatures of supportive faculty from all campuses at the Checking…
There have been several articles of likely interest to DFA members recently. First, Ian Kennedy points out an article in the Los Angeles Times about proposals to change how tenure is awarded. Here is an excerpt: “The leader of the…
An interesting article by Bob Samuels is at: A taste: “To understand how both public and private research universities have gotten themselves into this mess, one needs to understand five inter-related factors: the state de-funding of public education, the…
