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
January 13, 2013
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January 2013 – There has been an explosion in the mainstream press already this year concerning online education. Here is a s synopsis of relevant links that represent just a few of the articles that have been published. Whose … Continue reading
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