USA University - UCOP Neglects Shared Governance and Seeks Authority to Lower Retiree Health Benefits (UPDATED)

The Office of the President is asking for authority to lower UC's contribution to retiree health benefits.  This reduction would take th...

USA University - Iowa Republicans Threaten the Living Conditions of Graduate Student Workers

As you may recall, a bill to eliminate tenure was recently introduced into the Iowa State Senate . After a good deal of pushback  it appears...

USA University - Corporate Universities are Shocked to Learn They have Graduate Student Employees

As you may know, a 3-1 majority of the National Labor Relations Board ruled  that Columbia University's Teaching Assistants (known at Co...

USA University - NTT Faculty Go on Strike at University of Illinois

After approximately eighteenth months of unsuccessful negotiation, the Non-Tenure Faculty Association at the University of Illinois, Urbana-...

USA University - The Decline and Fall of Shared Governance at UC

President Napolitano's formal proposal for a new pension tier has been posted in the Agenda for next week's Regents' Meeting.  ...

USA University - President Napolitano Endorses ROTF: Fails to Respond to Senate and Union Analyses (UPDATED)

President's Proposal March 11, 2016 MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY Dear Colleagues: I am writing to outline the propo...

USA University - UCSB Staff Assembly Exec Letter Supporting Senate Concerns About New Pension Tier

Retirement Options Feedback The UCSB Staff AssemblyExecutive Board, which is comprised of policy covered staff, believe that future retireme...

USA University - On the Virtues of Defining Benefits: Two Readings of the Retirements Options Task Force

In the context of ongoing doubts about the value of Defined Benefit pensions to public institutions and the people who serve them, we offer ...

USA University - UCSB Faculty Association Statement in Opposition to New Pension Tier

The following is a letter sent to Colleagues by the UCSB Faculty Association calling for opposition to the proposed new pension tier. Dear C...

USA University - UC Faculty Associations Oppose Proposed Changes to UC Pension Plan

This is the statement released today by the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA). A link to their petition can be found below. The Uni...

USA University - Pensions, Politics, and the Failures of Leadership

The Task Force charged with making a silk purse from the sow's war of President Napolitano's pension agreement with Governor Brown i...

USA University - This Week At The Regents (II): The Medical Centers and University Governance

As I mentioned in my post on the Budget , the Regents will be considering a proposal to alter the governing structure of the medical center...

USA University - UCOP Begins Process to Reduce Pension Benefits for Employees (Updated with New Material)

As Dan Mitchell has been reminding us,  UCOP has appointed a Task Force to implement the Regents agreement to reduce pension benefits for f...