On the first official day of the fall quarter for many campuses, UC professors – supported by union bosses – walked out on their classrooms to protest the Board of Regents’ decision to institute campuswide furloughs, fee hikes and other cutbacks to offset shortfalls in the UC budget. The biggest concern amongst the faculty orchestrating the protest seemed to be the administration’s announcement restricting teachers from taking furloughs on days they are supposed to teach. Instead, teachers would have to take furloughs on days they are not scheduled for in-class student instruction – days they have office ours, are doing research or are off-campus. This seems reasonable to us. Teaching should be the first priority of a teacher.

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by The Editors, The Orange County Register.

Posted: September 25th, 2009, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.