Graduate Student Association Forum on the Cyber Campus Stanley 101, 5-7 PM October 11, 2010 Presentation by Wendy Brown, Emanuel Heller Professor Political Science The following are roughly the remarks I made at the October 11th forum. I spoke from notes and also compressed a few points in the interest of time that evening, so the concordance is imperfect. I have many thoughts about the differences between the virtual and live classroom. Differences between, on the one hand, classes featuring professors with an avowed point of view, modestly attuned to the abilities of their students, working closely with their GSIs, and, on the other, authorless curriculums with instructors of record and hundreds of low-paid teaching assistants. Differences between, on the [...]
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California-AAUP 2010 Annual Meeting Saturday, November 6th, 9:45am-4:00pm UC Berkeley This year’s annual membership and business meeting addresses the ongoing financial crises, privatization of public institutions, and misplaced administrative priorities. Keynote address: “Can Higher Education be Financed by Increased Student Debt? A New View of the Present Crisis.” Robert Meister, UC Santa Cruz, President of the Council of University of California Faculty Associations. Panel discussion: “Fighting Back, Fighting Together: AAUP Chapters Respond to Financial and Legal Threats.” This session includes representatives from each of the four sectors of higher education in California, and it is focused on building collaborative actions and coalitions across the sectors. Workshop sessions: • “The Garcetti Decision, Legal Threats to Academic Freedom and Shared Governance, and [...]
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BFA Member Alert: Saving UC’s Pension Plan October 14, 2010 As most faculty know, UC’s pension plan, the University of California Retirement Plan (UCRP), faces a dire problem of a growing unfunded liability, as funds have not been contributed to it for nearly twenty years now, leaving investment income as its only source of growth. As most faculty also know all too well, at their meeting in September 2010 the Regents adopted a schedule for the resumption of contributions by plan members not represented by unions (including faculty) and by UC itself. However, these contributions address only one small piece of the problem — costs that the plan is incurring right now — but not costs associated with the plan’s [...]
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Child care is an important issue for many BFA members. The Association of Academic Women will hold a meeting this week to discuss recent cuts and proposed cuts to faculty, staff, and student campus child care programs and what can be done to protect these programs. Time: Wed, October 6, 11:45-12:45 Location: Center for South Asia Studies Conference Room, 20 Stephens Hall (note that the entrance to this space is just off the plaza between Moses and Stephens Halls as you walk towards Barrows Hall) Speakers: Associate Vice Provost Angy Stacy; Vice Provost Shelly Zedeck; Alice Jordan of the Student Parent Center; and members of the audience. Concerned BFA members are welcome to attend
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October 7th has been declared a National Day of Action To Defend Public Education. BFA has issued a joint statement of support for the day and its events with SAVE. SAVE+BFA- ReOct7
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SAVE & the Berkeley Faculty Association have come up with a set of principles for evaluating what’s coming down. These are just basic guidelines and we all need to keep discussing things as the actual proposals emerge. Principles for Evaluating OpEx-SAVE & BFA
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