USA University - UC Davis Letter to UC President Napolitano: Curb Gender Bias by Publishing Policies

by Linda F. Bisson, Former Chair, Davis Division of the Academic Senate, 2006-2008; 2011-2012 Rachael E. Goodhue, Chair Elect, Davis Divisio...

USA University - Two Faculty Letters to UC President & Chancellors on AAA / BDS Controversy

We post two faculty responses to the letter that the University of California's president--in the company of all ten campus chancellors...

USA University - An Open Letter to Chancellor Timothy White

Following Chancellor White's February 29th visit to CSU East Bay, Hank Reichman, Emeritus Professor at CSUEB and First Vice President of...

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 - 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 - On the Side of the Powerful: The Impact Agenda and Sociology in Public

Chris here: Because U.S. academia is so decentralized and stratified, few new regimes have a national scope and can be hard to see coming.  ...

USA University - Statement by CUCFA and AAUP on Regent Blum's Remarks

The Council of University of California Faculty Associations and the American Association of University Professors write to protest the foll...

USA University - A University Without Shared Governance is Not a University

By Jennifer Ruth, Portland State University             Tenure is what makes shared governance real and shared governance is one of the prim...

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 ...