The following is reproduced from the UCSD Guardian: Two Years Later, UCSD Still Has Much to Learn from Student Struggles By Jorge Mariscal Department of Literature “No great victories are won in a war for transformation…without total participation. Less than this will not create a new society; it will only evoke more sophisticated token amelioration,” […]
Category: UC policy
CUCFA Letter of Protest to UCR’s “Protest Guidelines”
On December 10th, the Council of UC Faculty Associations formally endorsed a petition demanding the withdrawal of the “Protest Guidelines” issued recently by the UCR Dean of Students. CUCFA believes that these Guidelines are a blatant attempt to abridge students’ right to free speech and dissent at UCR. The Guidelines include requirements that exceed the UC policies on protest and that may be […]
UC Patent Amendment: To Sign or Not to Sign?
On December 1st, a University-wide email was sent out by VR Election Services on behalf of the University of California, demanding us to follow a link and sign our names to a Patent Amendment to the 1997 UC Patent Agreement. The email informs us that our signature is required; to drive the point home, the […]
Letter to President Yudof: Selection of UCSD’s Next Chancellor
SDFA President Ivan Evans has written the following letter to President Yudof with specific suggestions on improving community involvement in the selection of UCSD’s next Chancellor. As of November 2nd, the UC Office of the President has provided no response. 19 October 2011 Dear President Yudof: Re: Selection of UCSD’s Next Chancellor In keeping […]