Thursday, May 2, 2024

The Authoritarian Personality Comes to College

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Less than 24 hours after my last post , dissenting political opinion faced violent suppression on both coasts of the United States.  In New ...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

The New McCarthyism Intensifies

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Columbia President Shafik's capitulation to, and then collaboration with, the House Republican Show Hearings marked a turning point in t...
Tuesday, December 6, 2022

THE STRIKE

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The Strike continues with no end in sight.  Although there have been tentative agreements concerning Post-Docs and Academic Researchers, in ...
Wednesday, January 12, 2022

For UC and CSU, Newsom's *Big Funding* Budget is Flat

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I've fixed the mistake in the Los Angeles  Times  headline on Gov. Gavin Newsom's higher ed budget proposal for 2022-23.  In fact, ...
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Thursday, November 25, 2021

Concerned Faculty Letter to UCSB Chancellor and Senate Chair on Munger Hall

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Date: November 23, 2021   To: Susannah Scott, Academic Senate Chair, UCSB   Henry Yang, Chancellor, UCSB   Cc: Michael V. Drake, UC Preside...
Monday, November 15, 2021

Statement in opposition to the current project for Munger Hall at UCSB

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By Richard Wittman Associate Professor, Department of the History of Art and Architecture, UCSB for today's Academic Senate Town Hall me...
Friday, October 1, 2021

And if this is Peak UC?

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As the pandemic is brought under control, will conditions on UC campuses get better, get worse, or stay the same for the indefinite future? ...
Tuesday, June 8, 2021

A public response to the UCR Chancellor’s invitation to join the Campus Safety Workgroup

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By Dylan Rodríguez, Professor, Department of Media and Cultural Studies, UC Riverside   Dear Chancellor Wilcox and UCR Administrative Collea...