UC professors had requested that their furlough days be spread out across the time they spend on all their duties. The Office of the President issued a decision last week saying furloughs cannot interrupt teaching… Some professors are miffed. "At some point, the budget cuts to the university mean the work has to stop getting done," said Daniel Simmons, a UC Davis law school professor… "Even though we’re calling this a furlough, for faculty it’s really just a pay cut," he said. Debra Long, chair of the UC Davis psychology department, said the ban on teaching-day furloughs shows a lack of respect for faculty research. "The value of the UC degree really comes from the research mission," she said. "What would really harm (students) would be if the value of the degree erodes."… The furlough program at Sacramento State is different. CSU faculty are unionized and negotiated an agreement to take two furlough days per month.

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by Laurel Rosenhall, The Sacramento Bee.

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