May 2, 2013
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“It’s the wrong solution to the wrong problem,” said Robert Meister, chair of the Council of UC Faculty Associations and professor at UC Santa Cruz, in a phone interview. He argued that the problem is inadequate funding and the solution … Continue reading
April 16, 2013
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To faculty colleagues at UCSF: As Chair of The University of California, San Francisco Faculty Association, I am writing to urge you to join YOUR association as a member. It’s no secret that UCSF faculty are under stress: Operational Excellence … Continue reading
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
March 21, 2013
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As many of you know from news reports in the SF Chronicle and elsewhere, Senator Darrell Steinberg has proposed a law (SB 520)that would mandate that students in the UC, CSU, and community college systems who cannot gain access to … Continue reading
March 14, 2013
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Yesterday’s New York Times (and a number of other news sources) had an article about proposed legislation from Senator Steinberg that would require California’s public higher education systems to accept transfer credits from select online course providers for 50 of … Continue reading
March 9, 2013
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On March 8th,2013, the Council of UC Faculty Associations sent the following letter to the Regents’ Special Committee to Consider the Selection of a President and the Academic Senate Committee that advises said committee. Continue reading
March 7, 2013
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March 5, 2013 The SCFA learned last week that the University signed a contract with Coursera without including them in the discussion. The SCFA, as the bargaining agent for UCSC faculty, should be consulted whenever there is the potential for … 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 30, 2013
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UC’s Management Continues its Super-Sized Growth
An updated presentation of data on the bloated growth of management at the University of California.
by Charles Schwartz, UC Berkeley