Faculty, Staff Protest UC's Handling of Budget Crisis
Faculty from every University of California campus, including UC Berkeley, are planning to walk out on Sept. 24 "in solidarity with students and staff to protest the defunding of public education and the UC administration’s mishandling of the budget crisis, which has done disproportionate harm to students and low-paid employees," according to an ad hoc website ucfacultywalkout.com, which has been set up to gather faculty endorsement signatures, numbering 750 at press time. "There is a real budget crisis at the state level. But there is also a crisis of priorities on the part of both the California legislature and UC administration," says Joshua Clover, associate professor of English at UC Davis, on the website. "The State of California and the UC administration have responded to the budget crisis in ways that fundamentally compromise the mission of the University of California: to provide accessible public education to everyone. We’re walking out on September 24 to defend that mission."
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by Staff, Berkeley Daily Planet.