The Faculty Association monitors the UC budget process and lobbies on behalf of faculty interests when the budget is discussed in the Legislature. We were pleased that the Governor’s proposal reflected faculty concerns in the Regents’ 2000-01 budget, such as…
In response to the joint concerns of the California Faculty Association (the CSU faculty’s union) and the Council of UC Faculty Associations (of which the Davis Faculty Association is a member), Assemblymember Gloria Romero has introduced AB 1773, which deals…
The Faculty Association follows the UC budget process and reports regularly to its members on elements in the budget that are of particular concern to faculty. The following press release contains details of the Governor’s proposed budget for UC. Of…
As an Academic Senate member, you probably received a recent memo signed by Jeffery Gibeling (UCD Academic Senate Chair) and Janet Hamilton (Vice Chancellor – Administration). This memo, dated November 19 and labeled as Directive #99-134, suggests that as “an…
Most UCD faculty members go to a great effort to create their lecture materials and feel a strong sense of ownership in them. Student take notes at lectures and the internet has created a new market for the distribution of…
This bulletin contains three tables of data: I. Systemwide Salary Differential Over 20 Years; II. Davis Personnel Actions in Systemwide Perspective; III. Historical Davis Campus Personnel Practices. Notice particularly the low salary ranking in table one and the high CAP…
Faculty salaries at UC campuses vary significantly, according to information being examined by systemwide UC Academic Senate Executive Councils. Concern was precipitated when the 23 April 1999 Chronicle of Higher Education reported average annual faculty salaries (Table) based on the…
by Ben McCoy The Universitywide Task Force on Copyright, headed by UCSC Executive Vice Chancellor R. Tanner, issued its Draft Report and Recommendations for review in September, 1998. A quick reading of the Tanner report seemed to promise that US…
by Myrna Hays A nominating committee consisting of Alan Jackman (Chem. Engr.), Kathryn Radke (Animal Science), and David Robertson (English) has proposed candidates to fill DFA Board positions as listed below (with the following code R – re-elect; C –…
by Ben McCoy The Representative Assembly on April 23 approved the Faculty Welfare Committee’s recommendation to form a Special Committee on Parking Issues. Concern has grown since a 1997 long range plan revealed that “A” parking sticker costs could increase…
