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UC Funding and Administrative Transparency
The UC Office of the President has recently come under fire for providing senior administrators with hefty raises. At a time when faculty salaries remain below competitor institutions and student fees are climbing, decisions to disproportionately reward those in the University's top echelons erode morale and lessen confidence in the leadership of the institution. We have compiled a number of articles dealing with this issue. More...

Neutral Arbitrator’s In-Depth Analysis Sides with UC Clerical Workers
In August 2004, the State of California established a fact-finding panel to recommend a settlement of the current impasse between the University of California (UC) and the union representing UC clericals -- the Coalition of University Employees (CUE). More. . .

News from Colleagues at Berkeley About Legislative Attempts to Dismantle Labor Studies Programs
Read the letter sent by the AAUP at the request of UC faculty members to the Director of State Finances, Tom Campbell.
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Regents Adopt Budget Proposal
-UCOP press release
The University of California Board of Regents today (Nov. 18) adopted a state budget proposal for 2005-06 that would halt the cuts of the last several years and provide modest new funding for enrollment growth, student instructional programs, and faculty and staff compensation. Full press release . . .

This page was last updated on December 13, 2005.