Month June 2010

An Online UC Degree: Panacea or Mirage?

By Kristie Boering, Wendy Brown, Kevis Goodman, Steven Goldsmith and Timothy Hampton And Garisson Sposito Daily Cal, June 28, 2010 On Jun. 14, the UC Commission on the Future met to discuss a proposal circulated by the UC President’s Office…

AAUP Summer Institute!

The AAUP’s Summer Institute at San Diego State is July 29 through August 1st. For more info and a complete schedule you can go here: The Summer Institute consists of a number of workshops on various topics, such as…

UC Invests in Diploma Mills

“Billion Dollar Baby: the University of California Invests $53 Million in Two Diploma Mills Owned by a Regent.” by Peter Byrne,The Daily Planet, June 22, 2010 “Marketing strategy aside, [UC Regent] Blum has taken on two seemingly disparate roles —…

Report on the Gould Commission

In May, the Berkeley Faculty Association (BFA)  issued a report containing an important critique of: (1) the recommendations issued by the UC Commission on the Future (aka “Gould Commission”) and, (2) a proposal for an online campus at the UC…