by admin | Feb 4, 2022 | Viewpoints Page
Dear Chancellor Christ, The University of California is a leader in academic excellence, innovative research, and advancing progressive ideals. Nonetheless, our existing health benefits for fertility treatments challenge the campus’s commitment to gender equity and...
by Michael Burawoy | May 25, 2021 | Commentary, Weekly
On May 14, John A. Pérez, Chair of the Board of Regents, and Michael V. Drake, UC President, made a joint statement, congratulating Governor Newsom for “proposing the largest state investment in UC’s history.” The statement waxed enthusiastic about the transformative...
by Michael Burawoy | May 18, 2021 | Commentary, Viewpoints Page, Weekly
Shared governance, the concept of administration and faculty making policy and decisions together, has a long history at Berkeley. Our campus’s Academic Senate has more power than most such bodies across the country: the Budget Committee plays a central role in...
by Michael Burawoy | May 10, 2021 | Commentary, Weekly
Just in time for Mother’s Day, parents with children in campus childcare faced plans for increased tuition, shorter hours, and reduced staff next fall. Meanwhile, UCOP is putting the final touches on an improved paid family leave program that is still worse than that...