Chris Newfield, Professor at UC Santa Barbara, member of the UCSB Faculty Association, and former Chair of systemwide Planning and Budget, wrote a very compelling argument in favor of public funding of universities. His arguments are especially relevant in the…
The Davis Faculty Association (an independent organization that represent UC Davis faculty) is conducting a web based survey of opinions of the faculty in regard to the selection of our next Chancellor. We urge you to follow the link below…
This past year has been a busy one for the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA), the systemwide umbrella organization that the DFA is a part of. As the state’s budget situation has grown worse, CUCFA has spent more time…
The Board of the DFA invites you to join us over a beer – or soft drink – at Sudwerk at 4:30pm on Friday the 17th of October. The first drink will be courtesy of the DFA. Please invite your…
The message below, written by CUCFA Vice President Joe Kiskis, is being forwarded to the members of the DFA at the request of DFA Chair Ian Kennedy: ————————— Hi, folks. Attached [PDF], please find the official Senate position on the…
by Ian Kennedy The following paragraph (p.8) in the annual report on The State of Shared Governance by UC Senate Chair, Michael Brown, was spotted by a DFA member. We share it below with our bold highlighting added. Some of…
UCOP continues to make changes to our benefits programs. See the notice below that was received by CUCFA. Begin forwarded message: Re: Administration of Flexible Spending Accounts and COBRA Administration. For your information, the University of California is assessing proposals…
Earlier this year the DFA and CUCFA (Council of UC Faculty Associations) apprised President Yudof of our concerns about the proposed changes to management of the UC natural reserve system. CUCFA sent him a letter expressing our concerns. We have…
You may be interested in the Business Week article below about corporatization of higher ed, which includes commentary from UC Berkeley Chancellor Birgeneau. The article is available at
by Terence Murphy, DFA Board member You probably received the e-missive from Office of the President on the comparison of the 2006 and 2007 budgets. I thought that the analysis was incomplete, not including the relative increases in the various…
