Apple's Attack on the Knowledge Economy

Apple's Attack on the Knowledge Economy

  I have a post on my other blog under the above title, which takes off from Charles Duhigg''s recent piece on Apple Computer's global effort...

Up in the Berkeley Hills

Up in the Berkeley Hills

As many of you have no doubt already heard, the senior administration at Berkeley (three of the five authors are, left to right, VCA John Wilton, Chancellor...

Links for April 23, 2012

Links for April 23, 2012

Davis student protester expelled: reinstated after students protest his expulsion. How did the Katehi administration mess up with Occupy?  Let us count the ways.... If you want to support the "Davis Dozen" here are some ways. IS the UCB PD targeting protest leaders? Are Community Colleges going to ration enrollment as Community Colleges criticize themselves, while some...

Links for April 18, 2012

Links for April 18, 2012

Chris has a new piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education: "How Unequal State Support Diminishes Degree Attainment" UC Davis Police Chief Spicuzza retires effective Thursday. UC admitted over 40% more out of state and international students in next year's entering class. CSU faculty, librarians,and counselors begin voting on rolling strike. CSU may eliminate cash grants...

VOTE the Funding Memorial

VOTE the Funding Memorial

The Academic Senate has drafted a "Memorial to the Regents" on which Senate faculty have been asked to vote.  All votes are due Friday to the systemwide...

Should UC be more like a Corporation?

Should UC be more like a Corporation?

By Anonymous This morning I received an email informing me that the ICR rate is going up.  As usual, this applies to current projects that have already been funded at a lower rate.  This means I'll lose direct funding to cover higher ICR.  Needless to say, no benefit from increased ICR has filtered back down to me. A couple months ago I hired a new postdoc....

Is UC Attempting to Criminalize Dissent?

Is UC Attempting to Criminalize Dissent?

The release of the  "Reynoso Report" analyzing the use of pepper spray at UC Davis with its attached Kroll report demonstrates the need to consider the question:  Is UC attempting to criminalize dissent?  The Reynoso Report (it will take some time to work through the Kroll report as well) is unsparing in its conclusion that the use of Pepper Spray at UC Davis on...

Links for April 9, 2012

Links for April 9, 2012

Mr. Samuels goes to Washington and educates the White House.  He also reports on the damage done by the UC budget Crisis. 6 of the 12 "Stay-away" orders at Berkeley have been lifted. Santa Monica College proposed a two-tier pricing system for courses, there were protests, and the College backed down. CSU, though, is thinking about doing something similar.  And they...

Richard Descoings, directeur Sciences Po-Paris: In Memorium

Richard Descoings, directeur Sciences Po-Paris: In Memorium

Richard Descoings passed away suddenly and shockingly in his New York hotel room this week, at the age of 53.  He had for years been a leading figure in French academia as the head of one of its handful of most prominent grandes écoles, L'Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris, widely known as Sciences Po.  He was perhaps best known for being the country's leading voice...

That Was the Week That Was

That Was the Week That Was

It has been nearly 5 months since Mark Yudof declared that free speech was part of the DNA of UC and promised thorough and independent investigations into the police violence at Davis and Berkeley.  We still await those reports.  At this time, UC is holding back those parts of the Reynoso report, in part, it seems, because they focus on the Davis Administration. Indeed,...

Day of Higher Ed

Day of Higher Ed

On March 27th, Day of the Digital Humanities, Readywriting blogger Lee Skallerup Bessette (not pictured at left) declared April 2 the #dayofhighered....