Money Not UC’s Only Problem
Excellent opinion piece by two UCD Med School profs, published in the San Jose Mercury. Jue&Thesis-Money Not the Only Threat
Common Ground
Excellent statement on the crisis of the university by Peter Glazer and Greg Levine of SAVE — from the Townsend Center newsletter. Glazer_Levine_article
BFA endorses California Democracy Act
BFA, along with other faculty associations, supports the proposition drawn up by UCB faculty member George Lakoff to restore simply majority rule to the California legislature.
Yudof March on Sacramento?
It seems so. See this article from the SF Chronicle: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/01/21/BA4V1BL1K3.DTL
A New New Deal for California
Dick Walker & Gray Brechin have written a provocative op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle on the need for the Obama Administration to launch another New Deal, well beyond what has yet been done. Food for thought. Walker&Brechin-New DealCA-OpEd
Master Plan at 50
The Master Plan at 50: Assessing California’s Vision for Higher Education We’ve added a link to a new report from the state’s Legislative Analyst Office on the state’s master plan for higher education. It provides a brief but succinct overview of the plan, talks about how out of alignment the system now is relative to the plan, then throws out some rather alarming suggestions for rethinking the plan. Good lord! Forget about access and affordability and do more testing! No student left behind – unless you can’t get in or can’t afford to come! Faculty need to think through these things before they get thought through for us! Chris Rosen