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…

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…

“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 —…

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…

The Santa Cruz Faculty Association is co-sponsoring this event, alongside several other organizations (AAPIP, AFSCME, APISA, Kresge College, MEChA, Merrill College, Oakes College, Pilipino Historical Dialogue, the Politics Department, Stevenson College, and University Council-AFT) A Participatory Public Forum on the…

In This Issue A Profusion of Positions & Organizations SCFA Practical Advice on Students Faculty Who Attend Class are Not Scabs AAUP Supports UC Faculty Quick Links JOIN NOW SCFA/AAUP AAUP News On Privatization Keep California’s Promise CUCFA page Chris…

KeepCaliforniasPromise.org is a new website provided as a service to the UC and CSU communities to provide information and organizing tools to understand and respond to the crisis in higher education in California.   We invite you to visit the site,…

Townsend Center Newsletter Point of View by George Lakoff: “Privatization is The Issue” The California Master Plan speaks of “state-supported higher education.” There is a good reason. Government has two moral missions: protection and empowerment for all its citizens. Protection…

We support the faculty’s collective assertion of their central role in shaping the future of the University of California, and we support the calls for collective action (most recently of a walkout) by UC faculty members to publicly voice their…