Monday morning of Finals Week, UCSD students reclaimed a long-revered study space – the Center for Library & Instructional Computing Services (CLICS) Library. Closed in June 2011 thanks to $3M budget cut to the libraries, CLICS has stood empty for most of the school year. But members of various student groups, including the Student Affirmative […]
Category: UC budget cuts
SDFA Supports ReFund California
ReFund California, a growing state-wide coalition of students, teachers, homeowners, workers, community members and faith leaders, is committed to ensuring that the 1% pay their fair share for providing public education. The SDFA Board has pledged $100 to support the campaign. We are also encouraging members to take the ReFund California pledge to “do everything […]
Results from the 2011 SDFA Faculty Survey
In September 2011, the SDFA conducted an attitudinal survey of its membership over several issues relevant to the UCSD faculty. The survey was emailed to 108 members and 55 replied, yielding a response rate of 51%. To protect the anonymity of respondents, personal identifying information was not collected, so it is not possible to break […]
Academic Council Speaks out over Police Actions at Berkeley, Davis
The UC Academic Council sent a pointed letter to UC President Yudof on Nov. 20th, emphasizing their outrage at police abuse, the responsibility of the Chancellors in these actions, and the divestment of education support as an ultimate cause for student unrest. MARK G. YUDOF PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Dear Mark: The Academic Council met […]
UC Board of Regents reschedules postponed meeting to November 28th
The UC Board of Regents, which canceled its meeting last week over fears for public safety, has rescheduled its meeting for Monday, November 28th. The meeting will be held by teleconference at the UC San Francisco, Los Angeles, Davis and Merced campuses. A 90-minute session has been allocated for public comment, but there is no information […]