Inadvertently my string of “best of” lists continues today. Earlier this year Choice magazine asked me for a list of the five books about Congress that I would like my students to read bef...Read More
In a desperate attempt to forget that the CSU took a $100 million mid-year cut yesterday on top of the $650 million cut we took at the beginning of the year, I have produced another “best ofR...Read More
The CSU Board of Trustees recently cancelled their December meeting. At the December meeting the Board was expected to consider recommendations regarding executive [read: campus presidents’] com...Read More
Oh it just could not last, could it? On Tuesday I posted a list of my top 10 favorite albums of all time. It was an attempt to divorce myself from the idiocy of the CSU leadership. I tried. But now co...Read More
Looking over my posts from the last few months there is little that I find particularly entertaining. They seem to reflect my mood through most of the semester: irascible. But I’m not that guy. ...Read More
The CFA bargaining team reports on the Chancellors latest contract proposal: …we asked if management had any new proposals that were responsive to ours or that modified their take-backs, they pr...Read More
I find that the three major administrative problems on a campus are sex for the students, athletics for the alumni and parking for the faculty. —Clark Kerr Chancellor University of California 19...Read More
I spent the better part of the day in Carson, CA. Faculty at CSU Dominguez Hills walked out in a one day strike. I was there to support their cause and their sacrifice; after all, those faculty will b...Read More
Prepared Remarks by California Faculty Association president Lillian Taiz to Cal State U. Trustees at their meeting today. Tomorrow– November 17th the faculty of this great university system...Read More