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 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 - 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...

USA University - Don't Worry, Be Happy

By Joe Kiskis   (UC Davis) This note makes a few comments on the final UC budget for 2015-2016 and then focuses on points related to the UC ...