April 8, 2013
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Faculty Association members have expressed concern that some departments are considering taxing discretionary funds that have been built up over years in order to cover expenses during lean times. On April 8, 2013, the Faculty Association wrote a letter to Chancellor Desmond-Hellmann … Continue reading
February 28, 2013
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Submitted by sglantz on Thu, 2013-02-28 Gavin Newsom, California’s lieutenant governor, has filed an initiative to increase the tobacco tax by $1 with the money devoted to student financial aid for higher education. This initiative spans two areas in which … Continue reading
February 7, 2013
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The national Campaign for the Future of Higher Education is releasing a series of papers titled “Funding Higher Education: The Search for Possibilities.”
The Council of UC Faculty Associations contributed one of the papers in the series. CUCFA Vice President and UCSF Faculty Association Board Member Stanton Glantz, as principal author of that paper, will be participating in the news briefing on February 12, 2013.
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January 11, 2013
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Governor Brown released his 2013-14 budget proposal yesterday. He is proposing increasing state general fund money to UC from $2.504 billion in the 2011-12 year to $2.567 billion in 2012-13, and $2.846 billion in 2013-14. UC is one of the … Continue reading
January 11, 2013
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Raising revenue has become such a taboo subject in California politics, but restoring quality public higher education in California can be done. For the median California tax return (individual or joint), restoring the entire system while rolling back student fees … Continue reading
October 11, 2012
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Written Minutes Visual Minutes: Visual minutes of this event were taken and are available: – agenda – Chris Newfield’s presentation – concerns and interventions part 1 – concerns and interventions part 2 – concerns and interventions part 3 – … Continue reading
September 25, 2012
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September 25, 2012 by admin Please join us for a conversation and organizing meeting among faculty from the Northern California UC campuses to discuss faculty visions for the UC system over the next year and beyond. In recent years, the … Continue reading
July 19, 2012
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Wendy Brown Outgoing Co-Chair, Berkeley Faculty Association On July 16thand 17th, The New York Times featured stories on the launching of Coursera, a blockbuster online higher education project emerging from a spectacularly successful Stanford experiment two years ago. Still … Continue reading
July 9, 2012
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By Bob Meister,President of CUCFA (Professor of Political and Social Thought, UCSC) On June 27, Governor Jerry Brown vetoed language inserted by both houses of the legislature that would have tied UC funding to admitting a minimum number of students … Continue reading
February 15, 2010
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Audio, and slides from the January 25 “Defending the University: A Teach-In on the Current Crisis” are now available. Click here for MP3 audio Click here for a SWF slide show with the same audio