On May 10th, CUCFA President Robert Meister sent the following open letter to Coursera founder Daphne Koller: Can Venture Capital Deliver on the Promise of the Public University? An Open Letter to Daphne Koller, Co-Founder and Co-President of Coursera and Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University Dear Professor Koller, Because I share your vision…
by Robert Meister After a decade of skyrocketing tuition, Sacramento politicians have seized on a new gimmick to avoid paying for the kind of low-cost, high quality college education California used to guarantee all its students. SB520, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Steinberg, proposes to “solve” the problem of over-enrolled gateway courses at California’s public…
On March 8th, the Council of UC Faculty Associations sent the following letter to the Regents’ Special Committee to Consider the Selection of a President and the Academic Senate Committee that advises said committee. March 8, 2013 Sherry Lansing, Chair Regents’ Special Committee to Consider the Selection of a President University of California 1111 Franklin…
Read “Financial Options for Restoring Quality and Access to Public Higher Education in California” below or download a PDF of it (January 2013, 7 pp.) If you’re really a policy wonk, download the spreadsheets behind this report. WORKING PAPER FINANCIAL OPTIONS FOR RESTORING QUALITY AND ACCESS TO PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA: 2012-13 Stanton A….
CUCFA does not yet have a position on either whether the substance of the recently modified Patent Agreement actually changes the terms of the previous agreement, nor on whether there has been sufficient consultation with the Academic Senate. Questions have been raised by several faculty, however, about both these issues. In this ongoing controversy, here…
This working paper has been superseded by an updated version: How much will it cost us to restore public higher education in 2013-14? Read “Financial Options for Restoring Quality and Access to Public Higher Education in California” below or download a PDF of it (November 2012, 7 pp.) If you’re really a policy wonk, download…
For more information about what Propositions 30 and 38 mean for UC, read the Berkeley Faculty Association’s two page explanation of why we are recommending Yes on Proposition 30, No on Proposition 38. For information on Proposition 32, here is a link to the California League of Women Voters article about the measure and why…
This post has been superseded by an updated version: How much will it cost us to restore public higher education in 2012-13?. Read “Financial Options for Restoring Quality and Access to Public Higher Education in California” below or download a PDF of it (September 2012, 8 pp.) If you’re really a policy wonk, download the…
September 5, 2012 Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 558-3160 Re: UC Faculty Support SB 259 Dear Governor Brown, We of the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) wish to alert you to the fact that many faculty support SB 259, which would allow UC’s…
A signature goal of Governor Brown has been public employee pension reform. This is conceptually and politically linked to his budget initiative. Today the governor and legislative leaders announced a compromise agreement. It is possible that this will be quickly enacted and signed as the session closes in the next few days. This package is…
