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Divide, Disarm, and Destroy
I did not think it possible, but Gail Brooks has sunk to a new low. Her approach seems to come from that old saying “If you can’t dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bulls**t.... Read More
CSU Faculty Vote to Authorize a Strike
This is CFA’s statement on the outcome of our strike authorization vote: Faculty United! CFA members send Chancellor clear message as 95% vote to support a strike View in HTML Download as a .PDF... Read More
Voting NOT to Strike is What Will Really Hurt Students
In an editorial today in the Long Beach Press-Telegram the editors opine that a strike by CSU faculty “sends the wrong message;” that striking will “do damage to students.” The... Read More
What’s Charlie Reed Up To? My Bet: No Good
According to a press release yesterday the Chancellor’s Office has decided to return to the bargaining table with CFA over a successor contract. The California State University and the Californi... Read More
Just Despicable
I cannot think of any other words to describe the email that we received today from Gail Brooks at the Chancellor’s Office: Just Despicable. (see full text below) According to Ms. Brooks CFA is ... Read More
Creating a Two-Tiered University: Pay More, Get Less
This week all hell broke loose at Santa Monica Community College. SMCC is considering a two-tiered pricing system for courses. Those courses that are popular, often because they are required, would ca... Read More
Affirmative Action for Conservative Academics
Every three or four years someone conducts a study aimed at arguing that college students are being indoctrinated by an overwhelmingly liberal and Democratic-leaning professoriate. Titled “A Cri... Read More
Show Us the Money
Critics of earmarks frequently point to the presumed quid pro quo between earmarks and campaign contributions. They argue that members of Congress pursue earmarks in order to rake in campaign contribu... Read More
