by Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations Professor of Political and Social Thought, UC Santa Cruz (A PDF version of this article is available.) UC feels free to use Educational Fees however it pleases without accountability. That’s why it can pledge “ed fees” as collateral for construction bonds and use them to pay…
November 3, 2009 Russell Gould, Chairman UC Regents 1111 Franklin St., 12th floor Oakland, CA 94607 fax (510) 987-9224 Dear Chair Gould, At the October 28 meeting of the Regents Committee on Audit and Compliance, I requested that the committee perform an audit of the source of repayment for all projects funded by General Revenue…
They Pledged Your Tuition Index CUCFA President Robert Meister has written a series of articles about UC’s use of tuition as collateral for construction bonds. This page is an index to those articles and to related materials. They Pledged Your Tuition Part I Keep California’s Promise prepared a two-page summary of “They Pledged your tuition…
by Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations I said this to the Regents Committee on Audit and Compliance. It was a “Regents” meeting in name only. Only two Regents were physically present (at least one more was on the phone). All of the other places at the table were taken by UCOP people,…
by Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations Professor of Political and Social Thought, UC Santa Cruz (A pdf version of this document is available.) On October 20, UC issued a press release[1] (10/20/09) in which VP’s Taylor and Lenz respond to my Open Letter to Students: “They Pledged Your Tuition.” The UC press…
by Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations Professor of Political and Social Thought, UC Santa Cruz (A PDF version of this document is available.) Faculty colleagues have many questions about my open letter to students, “They Pledged Your Tuition.” Most of the questions come down to, “So what if students didn’t know that…
An Open Letter to UC Students From Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations Professor of Political and Social Thought, UC Santa Cruz (A PDF of this document is also available.) As students, you pay tuition in order to get an education at UC, and you know that the Regents plan to raise your…
August 10, 2009 Dear UC President Yudof and President of the Board of Regents Gould, As officers of the Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) and Chairs of several campus Faculty Associations, we see great value in your plan to appoint a Commission to develop a vision for the future of the University…
Report on Regents Meeting Bob Meister President, Council of UC Faculty Associations CUCFA spoke at the July 15 Regents meeting. We called attention to our lawyer’s letter, which says that the Regents would violate their own rules by acting on today’s agenda items. More specifically, adopting J1 (amending Standing Order 104 to allow declarations of…
On July 15th, CUCFA President Robert Meister spoke to the UC Regents during the public comment period. Here is the text of that speech: You can’t declare a financial emergency today without violating your own rules. Adopting J1 [the power to declare a financial emergency] violates the 30 day notice requirement for amending By-laws (By-law…