It’s an uprising of UC employees – joined on paper by more than 1,000 UC professors, scientists, doctors and faculty – who question why the well-heeled, $19 billion university system can’t backfill $813 million in cuts from the state without ordering top-to-bottom pay cuts through unpaid time off… In their letter, the professors say the regents have a "moral obligation to protect this institution from the tyranny of the minority" instead of making cuts. Earlier this week, hundreds of UC scientists and doctors sent similar letters to the regents warning of the devastating impact of the cuts.

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by Nanette Asimov, The San Francisco Chronicle.

Posted: July 14th, 2009, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.