Higher Education News From Around The Web
Here are the latest posts from the Berkeley Faculty Association:
- by Michael BurawoyOn May 14, John A. Pérez, Chair of the Board of Regents, and Michael V. Drake, UC President, made a joint statement, congratulating Governor Newsom for “proposing the largest state investment in UC’s history.” The statement waxed enthusiastic about the transformative impact of the revised budget. Reading between the lines and examining the often–elusive details, […]
- by Michael BurawoyShared governance, the concept of administration and faculty making policy and decisions together, has a long history at Berkeley. Our campus’s Academic Senate has more power than most such bodies across the country: the Budget Committee plays a central role in determining FTE, granting tenure and promotion, and other Senate committees control curriculum and set […]
- by Michael BurawoyJust in time for Mother’s Day, parents with children in campus childcare faced plans for increased tuition, shorter hours, and reduced staff next fall. Meanwhile, UCOP is putting the final touches on an improved paid family leave program that is still worse than that of comparable employers throughout the state. Why is the University of […]
- by Michael BurawoyIn early April, the UC unveiled their “Proposed Revisions for UCPD” plans. One proposal is the creation of “Systemwide Response Teams”—in effect, a UC paramilitary force that can be mobilized in response to protest actions, and to provide crowd management and “riot control.” These teams would be armed with body armor, chemical agents, and explosive […]
- by Michael BurawoyThe lecturers’ union (UC-AFT) and UCOP have been bargaining over a new contract for more than two years, with little to show for it. Despite the legal obligation to bargain in good faith, the UCOP negotiators have refused to bargain on basic issues, while regularly demonstrating their disrespect for their UC-AFT interlocutors. Senate faculty who have […]
Dan Mithcell’s UCLA Faculty Association Blog:
- by UnknownUp until now, the Gino/Harvard Business School story has involved allegations of data manipulation (by someone). If you haven't been following this tale, use the search engine on this blog and type in "Gino." But now there are new allegations – plagiarism. From Science:Harvard University honesty researcher Francesca Gino, whose work has come under fire […]
- by UnknownTwo chancellor searches were initiated at about the same time: One for UC-Berkeley and the other for UCLA. As blog readers will know, the Berkeley process ended with the unveiling of the incoming chancellor at the Regents meeting of April 10th.So, one could also note that there was no similar announcement of an incoming UCLA […]
- by UnknownHere's an update on the bill that would circumvent the Regent's decision not to pursue a legal test of whether UC, as a state entity, could hire undocumented students. (Yours truly admits to being slow in catching up on developments.) From the Bruin:The Assembly Higher Education Committee approved Assembly Bill 2586 – also known as […]
- by UnknownWe're catching up with the Regents' April 10th meeting which – as we already noted – included the announcement of the new Berkeley chancellor.* At public comments, topics discussed included collective bargaining of interns, sexual assault services funding, antisemitism in a course at the UCLA med school and other related incidents, anti-Israel divestment, and Blackrock. After […]
- by Unknown…on Medicare Advantage?Medicare Advantage (MA) plans – a privatized version of Medicare for those who are Medicare-eligible – now account for more than half of all Medicare recipients. These plans are advertised on TV and elsewhere, mainly to retirees, and seemingly provide a cheaper option than traditional Medicare with an insurance supplement. To entice enrollment, […]
Chris Newfield & Michael Meranze’s Remaking the University
- by Michael MeranzeThe Strike continues with no end in sight. Although there have been tentative agreements concerning Post-Docs and Academic Researchers, in the Academic Student Employee and Student Researcher units, the parties appear to remain well apart on the fundamental economic issues. This distance is most easily seen in the ASE category: although the UAW made significant […]
- by Chris NewfieldI've fixed the mistake in the Los Angeles Times headline on Gov. Gavin Newsom's higher ed budget proposal for 2022-23. In fact, if you add one-time money from the current and coming years, Newsom is proposing overall cuts to UC and CSU.The base general fund increase is five percent next year (see summary slide above), with five […]
- by Chris NewfieldDate: November 23, 2021 To: Susannah Scott, Academic Senate Chair, UCSB Henry Yang, Chancellor, UCSB Cc: Michael V. Drake, UC President Cecilia Estolano, Chair, UC Board of Regents Robert Horwitz, Chair, UC Academic Senate From: Concerned UCSB Senate Faculty Re: The planning of Munger Hall at UCSB The UCSB Academic Senate Town Hall Meeting, “Faculty Questions on […]
- by Chris NewfieldBy Richard WittmanAssociate Professor,Department of the History of Art and Architecture, UCSBfor today's Academic Senate Town Hall meeting, in collaboration with the UCSB Architectural Historians GroupThank you very much for the invitation to speak here today. Time is short, so I will dive right in.Munger Hall is a highly experimental design based on completely untested theories. […]
- by Chris NewfieldAs the pandemic is brought under control, will conditions on UC campuses get better, get worse, or stay the same for the indefinite future? The evidence for "better" boils down to two things. First is the official UCOP interpretation of this year's legislative budget as one of the best increases ever, and thus a sign of […]
Cloudminder:
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National higher education blogs of interest, starting with AAUP’s Academe Blog:
- by John K. WilsonBY JOHN K. WILSON Former AAUP President Cary Nelson’s latest book is Hate Speech and Academic Freedom: The Antisemitic Assault on Basic Principles (Academic Studies Press, 2024). John K. Wilson interviewed him by email about the book in Part I of this discussion. Here in Part II, Nelson examines issues raised since the manuscript was completed last…
- by Hank ReichmanBY HANK REICHMAN Last week I was scheduled to participate in a Round Table discussion of a recently published book, Contingent Faculty and the Remaking of Higher Education: A Labor History, edited by Eric Fure-Slocum and Claire Goldstene, in a session sponsored by the Labor and Working Class History Association at the Organization of American…
- by Jonathan ReesBY JONATHAN REES I spent a couple of days over spring break in New Orleans checking out museums. As is my tendency, I also walked a few blocks away from the French Quarter to visit an independent book store. Baldwin & Co. is great, but that’s a post for another blog. What I want to…
- by Hank ReichmanPOSTED BY HANK REICHMAN On Wednesday, April 17 when faculty members nationwide will be observing a National Day of Action for Higher Education, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik is scheduled to testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee. On December 5, that committee heard testimony from the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and the University…
- by John K. WilsonBY JOHN K. WILSON Former AAUP President Cary Nelson has just published his latest book, Hate Speech and Academic Freedom: The Antisemitic Assault on Basic Principles (Academic Studies Press, 2024). John K. Wilson interviewed him by email about the book. John K. Wilson: You and I disagreed about the Steven Salaita firing at UIUC. You argue…
Here are the latest posts from Inside Higher Ed:
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Here are the latest posts from the The Chronicle of Higher Education blog:
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