Steinberg Strikes Back

Steinberg Strikes Back

In response to all of the push-back he has received Senator Steinberg has offered yet another version of his attempt to appear to champion the interests...

An Existing Just Model for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

An Existing Just Model for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty

By Bob Samuels, UCLA and editor of Changing Universities. People in higher education now know that over 70% of the faculty are working outside of...

When Tenure-Track Faculty Take on the Problem of Adjunctification

When Tenure-Track Faculty Take on the Problem of Adjunctification

by Jennifer Ruth, Portland State University I am part of an unofficial group of tenured faculty at a state institution that relies on many non-tenure-track...

When Adjunct Faculty are the Tenure-Track's Untouchables

When Adjunct Faculty are the Tenure-Track's Untouchables

Chris here, introducing a post by Ivan Evans, professor of sociology at UC San Diego. Tarak Barkawi's opinion piece, "The Neoliberal Assault on Academia,"...

Good and Bad in the Teaching Report

Good and Bad in the Teaching Report

There are two ways to read the important document, “Academic Performance Indicators at the University of California.”  I’ll call them Jekyll and...

UCLA Loses LONI: Why Budget Silence Is Bad for Science

UCLA Loses LONI: Why Budget Silence Is Bad for Science

There’s been much local coverage of two principal investigators switching from UCLA to USC, and taking with them an estimated 85 people from UCLA's...

Yolo County Finally Settles with UC Davis' Bank Protesters

Yolo County Finally Settles with UC Davis' Bank Protesters

The ordeal of UC Davis's "Banker's Dozen" came to a practical end on Monday when they settled with the Yolo County District Attorney on reduced charges...

An Open Letter to the California Legislature on SB520

An Open Letter to the California Legislature on SB520

May 7, 2013 An Open Letter to California State Legislators Dear CA State Legislators, As a parent and a UC professor, I feel compelled to...

New Waypoints in the MOOC Debate, Part I

New Waypoints in the MOOC Debate, Part I

Drawing: University of the Philippines, Visayas Cebú College, completion scheduled 2014. Over the course of a week I'll discuss new perspectives...

Zombie Attacks

Zombie Attacks

Last week offered more examples of Sacramento Politicians following the latest fashionable thinking on Higher Education. For those of you who missed...