Council of UC Faculty Associations President Bob Meister addressed the Regents at their recent meeting at which they approved a furlough. Here is a summary of his comments to them (also available online at ): —————- You can’t declare a…
The following is a report from Rachel Levinson, Senior Counsel of the American Association of University Professors. So, for example, where the text below says “we submitted an amicus brief…” please read that as AAUP submitted an amicus brief. ————-…
Council of UC Faculty Associations President, Bob Meister, argued before the Regents this week that their vote on the furloughs was not legal. His report of the meeting and the reception that our legal arguments met is available at …
The attached demand letter was submitted earlier today to the Regents by counsel retained by CUCFA.
Faculty Association members Chris Newfield and Stan Glantz authored a column about UC’s budget crisis published in yesterday’s San Francisco Chronicle. The article is available online at:
DFA chair Ian Kennedy has asked me to forward this to the DFA members. Begin forwarded message: From: UPTE-CWA info@upte-cwa.org Date: July 14, 2009 10:48:12 AM PDT Subject: UC Faculty Bulletin: July 14, 2009* Communication from Professional and Technical Staff…
An interesting article published yesterday in “Inside Higher Ed.” The full article is at and an excerpt is below: “Like many in the system, Nosek [vice chancellor for administration at California’s Davis campus] sees the university’s fiscal problems rooted…
Below is a copy of a letter written by Professor Robert Meister, President of the Council of UC Faculty Associations and also signed by the chairs of the individual campus Faculty Associations. The letter pertains to Wednesday’s discussion of Regents’…
The following letter on UC’s “financial emergency” has been sent to the Regents and the media. CUCFA will speak at the Regents meeting, and have hired a lawyer who will, tomorrow, deliver a letter protesting the legality of voting on…
Last month both the DFA and CUCFA wrote letters to legislators in opposition to Senate Constitutional Amendment 21 and Assembly Constitutional Amendment 24 — bills that proposed to end UC’s autonomy and allow the legislature to politicize Regent decisions (see…
