Tuesday is election day. Perhaps you would be interested in spending a few minutes at the start of class the next couple days reminding your students to vote? Here’s some information you could share with them: The polls are open…
Dear DFA members, Due to the escalating crisis stemming from the grad student strike at UCSC, the Davis Faculty Association board signed on to the following statement issued by the Council of UC Faculty Associations:
Below is a copy of a message concerning UC affiliation with religious health systems, which appeared in the Berkeley Faculty Association newsletter. There is a public comment window which closes February 21. Should UC affiliate with religious health systems that…
Governor Gavin Newson presented his 2020-21 state budget proposal last Friday. The full budget summary is here. The detailed budget is also online, and the UC portion can be found here. UC Board of Regents Chair John Pérez and UC…
Graduate Students are on strike at UC Santa Cruz, demanding a cost-of-living adjustment to meet cost-of-living increases in a city that has outstripped wage increases by a factor of 5. The Santa Cruz Faculty Association and Berkeley Faculty Association support…
UC is conducting a search for a new President to replace Janet Napolitano. The Davis Faculty Association has been working actively to ensure both an open search process and candidate commitment to shared governance and to renewed state funding for…
Dear Colleagues, The Davis Faculty Association recognizes that the teaching excellence on campus depends in no small part on lecturers, who teach many of our courses. Lecturers, represented by the University of California-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT), are currently engaged…
As you probably are aware, President Napolitano is stepping down in Summer 2020, and the Regents have initiated a search for her replacement. Increasingly, such searches for leadership positions at the nation’s public universities are being conducted by private “headhunter…
Prepared on behalf of the DFA Board by Joe Kiskis, who acknowledges discussions with UCLA Professor Dan Mitchell and assistance from Eric Hays. This is an update on activity at UCOP related to medical benefits for active employees and to…
As part of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, the Davis Faculty Association has taken an active role in resisting the planned partnership between the University of California system and Dignity Healthcare. Such an affiliation would have been problematic for…
