USA University - UC Berkeley Chancellor Says New Normal Is Here to Stay, Will Restructure Campus

The UC Berkeley community received this email this morning. You can find coverage at Inside Higher Ed and The Chronicle of Higher Education...

USA University - STATEMENT OF THE UNC FACULTY ASSEMBLY ON THE UNC PRESIDENT SEARCH PROCESS (WITH NEWS UPDATES)

As you may have noticed, recently university governing boards have been appointing Presidents and Chancellors under conditions of increasing...

USA University - New Budget, Little Improvement

As you have probably seen, the Governor and the Legislative Leadership have agreed on a final budget bill .  From a funding standpoint, ther...

USA University - The May Budget Revision: UC Budget Goes from Bad to Worse

I'm sorry to rain on the parade, but even though the state continues to recover, UC does not. In November 2014, Gov. Brown offered UC a ...

USA University - The LAO and Permanent University Austerity

The big story in Higher Education this year has been the threat of massive budget cuts.  From Wisconsin to Louisiana, from Kansas to Arizona...

USA University - UCOP Misses Chance to Discuss Transparency and the Future of Higher Ed Funding But Chris Doesn't

Rose Aguilar had a segment of her show "Your Call" on KALW that focused on the UC Budget and the need for transparency. UCOP appar...

USA University - Free Speech is not for Feeling Safe

by Wendy Brown, Political Science, UC Berkeley 3rd  of 5 talks from  The Operation of the Machine panel , UC Berkeley October 1,  introduced...

USA University - William Deresiewicz and the Public University

By Jennifer Ruth (Portland State University) The conversation prompted by Excellent Sheep has turned into a referendum on �meritocracy.� Der...