I don't even know where to go with this one... Gotta give it a closer read.

I don't even know where to go with this one... Gotta give it a closer read.

#TheRevengeOfScaliasGhost  or something at a glance, though...

#highered   #access   #minorities   #diversity  
http://diverseeducation.com/article/82881/

#highered #admissions

#highered   #admissions  
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_29699257/state-audit-uc-lowered-admission-standards-out-state

Three #UC campuses involved in this #highered experiment.

Three #UC  campuses involved in this #highered  experiment. No #CalState  campuses. Hm. OK, the participants can work the bugs out through courses that won't scare anybody. But when it works, and it's tried with (say) highly transferable, General Education courses, will that be the end of Rico... er, of conventional pathways?

#edreform   #badges   #edtech  

h/t Bryan Alexander 
Cc A. Michael Berman Donna Murdoch Phil Hill Doug Belshaw A. T. Wyatt 

Originally shared by Bryan Alexander

The University Learning Store launches.
What do you think?
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-03-24-6-universities-launch-a-store-for-credentials

Quoting #CSUEU (CSU Employees Union):

Quoting  #CSUEU  (CSU Employees Union):

Whereas, we believe that standing in solidarity is in the best interest of all CSU unions; and

Whereas, because a stable, supported workforce and workplace means quality education for CSU students; and

Whereas, we believe all CSU employees deserve a living wage, including struggling adjuncts/lecturers;

Therefore, be it resolved that CSUEU hereby supports CFA in its plans for a systemwide strike on April 13-15 and 18-19. We support CFA as it presses hard to ensure the professional working conditions and reasonable learning conditions that are essential for quality education.

And be it further resolved that, although CSUEU-represented employees cannot engage in a sympathy strike, we share a collective bond with CFA because we are both CSU unions and we must both bargain with the same employer, share the same worksite, and serve the same students. The combined membership of our two unions equals a critical mass of CSU employees.

Therefore, be it finally resolved that we stand together to protect the bargaining process and to support our sisters and brothers in CFA.

[emphasis added]

Cc Vanessa Vaile Liz Stevenson Phil Hill 
http://www.csueu.org/Home/View-Article/ArticleId/491#.VvcEDDBVikr

#precarity #contingent #faculty #adjuncts

#precarity   #contingent   #faculty   #adjuncts  

Originally shared by Vanessa Vaile

never mind Carmen SanDiego, where in the #adjunct/iverse is the #precariousfaculty blog?
…but the hat, red trench coat and high boots are snazzy. As for the blog, w ith 4 posts in January, missed all of February and today being March 25, even I ask if there is one. There's a  tunc et nunquam  feel about it all and with it, temptation to throw c...

They (in this case "they" = the campus administration, as noted in the article) are not sure how the hires will...

They (in this case "they" = the campus administration, as noted in the article) are not sure how the hires will happen, but something's gotta give.

The #labor  issue beyond the mental health issue is the availability and workload of part-timers.

#highered   #mentalhealth   #counseling  
http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/blogs/news_blog/csumb-plans-to-hire-more-mental-health-counselors/article_50eae476-eadd-11e5-b7f6-d3bbd7b0604b.html

Not "my" questions but those of Hank Reichman, #AAUP First Vice-President, who is a retired Cal State East Bay...

Not "my" questions but those of Hank Reichman, #AAUP  First Vice-President, who is a retired Cal State East Bay prof. Glad to share them with you—they're good ones.

#CalState   #highered   #faculty   #labor   #CFA  
https://academeblog.org/2016/03/13/my-questions-for-chancellor-white/

As I was preparing my talk, I knew the thing I needed to make clear was that all the good thoughts and feelings...

As I was preparing my talk, I knew the thing I needed to make clear was that all the good thoughts and feelings about diversity are mostly useless without leadership and institutional willpower.   I also wanted to offer small things that could be done without money and without too much time. Mostly I wanted to make as clear as possible to the faculty of color in attendance that the struggles they might be facing are happening elsewhere.

#diversity   #highered   #tenure   #faculty  
https://writtenunwritten.wordpress.com/2016/03/13/from-theory-to-praxis-writtenunwritten-at-uc-merced/

#Cal #Berkeley Chancellor troubles

#Cal   #Berkeley  Chancellor troubles
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_29626384/editorial-cal-chancellor-nicholas-dirks-has-lost-credibility

My #CalStateLA colleague also leading in #BlackLivesMatter #activism on Democracy Now!

My #CalStateLA  colleague also leading in  #BlackLivesMatter   #activism  on Democracy Now! 
http://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/9/we_are_pushing_real_revolution_black

Great op-ed by a San Francisco State colleague.

Great op-ed by a San Francisco State colleague.

Cc Laura Gibbs for the Berkeley/Cal
Vanessa Vaile for the labor issues

#CalState   #CSU   #UC   #faculty   #labor  
:::dusting hashtag-covered hands:::
http://www.dailycal.org/2016/03/11/348053/

Phil Hill Bryan Alexander Liz Stevenson

Phil Hill Bryan Alexander Liz Stevenson 

#California   #communitycolleges   #highered   #accreditation  
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/03/08/california-community-colleges-navigate-path-replacing-or-overhauling-accreditor

#CalPoly could've had better timing on this one.

#CalPoly  could've had better timing on this one.

#highered   #budgets   #CalState  
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/opinion/editorials/article63969627.html

Holy...

Holy...

#UCDavis #edreform #textbooks

Laura Gibbs Phil Hill Liz Stevenson
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-uc-davis-chancellor-20160304-story.html

#scifi #writers

#scifi   #writers  

Originally shared by Offworlders

Sci-Fi Master Samuel R. Delany to speak at UC Santa Cruz on Thursday, March 10, at the Music Center Recital Hall.
http://news.ucsc.edu/2016/03/delany-sci-fi.html

A California campus with vision about its vision!

A California campus with vision about its vision!

Laura Gibbs For today's critiquing-language quest: These folks are 3-1/2 hours from my campus but the vibes from this brilliant approach haven't reached us yet... Our current master-plan planning is proceeding apace by allowing e-mail input along with several f2f open forums. Maybe a Google Form out there but I'm not sure... I hope this doesn't seem too ambitious to our small campus decision makers.

#crowdsourcing #UC #gaming
http://www.centerdigitaled.com/higher-ed/UC-Davis-Uses-Online-Game-to-Crowdsource-its-Future.html

Short but sweet journalism? I'll keep my ear to the ground for details.

Short but sweet journalism? I'll keep my ear to the ground for details.
http://thepioneeronline.com/29611/campus/csu-chancellor-receives-icy-reception/