Looming Autocracy at the University
Looming Autocracy at the University of California
by Charlie Schwartz, UC Berkeley, May 7, 2009
These are hard budget times for the University; and they may continue and even worsen in the future. The President of UC, Mark Yudof, has proposed a startling new set of powers, for himself and for the Chancellors of the several campuses, to deal with those contingencies. Under the heading, “Furloughs and Salary Cuts”, posted on the web site of the systemwide Academic Senate [1], we find the following summary of the plan:
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