UC Actions
Thanks to Bob Samuels (President UC-AFT, member NFM Advisory Board, blogging at Changing Universities) for this informative update, also cross-posted to adj-l:I thought the people on the list would like to hear about the historic actions in the UC system.  Contingent faculty issues were front and center... First, I want to congratulate all the unions, workers, and students pulling off a  great protest under difficult conditions.  We had over 2,000 protesters

Where Should We Go After the Fee Hikes?
Where Should We Go After the Fee Hikes?: "legitimacy and the great public absence"  ~ cross-posted from Chris Newfield’s Remaking the University, 11/21/09, guest post by Kris Peterson, UC Irvine:I just finished watching a YouTube video of Regents Bonnie Reiss and Eddie Island make a quick get-a-way to their vehicle at UCLA - just after they voted to increase student fees by an unprecedented 32%. They we

Link Roundup: California Students & Faculty Protest Fee Increase
UC protest news links ~ not a good day/ season for Crown Jewels. Most are from a Portside post, but I've added Marc Bosquet's latest at How the University Works and a few from my feed reader.California Students & Faculty Protest Fee Increase As California Students & Faculty Protest University Regents Approve 32 Percent Student Fee IncreasePhotos: http://tinyurl.com/yj4hdly & http://tinyurl.com/y8o6afc Audio: Statement from demonstrators:http://tinyurl.c

Do Professors Matter?
Also bookmarked under Whither-U .... relevant to our mission, which is also about teaching and the quality of higher educationDo Professors Matter? from Inside Higher Ed, 10/30/09The movement to minimize the faculty role in higher education needs to be resisted, in part by explaining to the public why the role is crucial, writes Peter Katopes.

Update: Southwestern College Faculty Suspensions
Alternate title: it's not just a river in Egypt. Or that old Orwellian rag in which "suspended" = "withdrawal-of-consent-to-be-on-campused"Previously blogged here, covered in local mainstream media, Workplace Blog, Inside Higher Education, Student Activism, and  Writers Washroom ~ plus tweeted widely.... In case anyone is wonder what this has to do with adjunct equity, allow me to remind you that a) all suspended (or consent to be on campus withdrawn) are adjunct faculty, b) one of them is the presid