Senate Health Science Panel
Responding to the worsening financial situation at the University
of California's Medical Centers, the Senate's Academic Council
has established a Health Science Subcommittee that will begin
looking into ways in which UC might respond to the changing health-care
environment.
"How do we restructure and reorganize? How do we adapt to the changes that are taking place in the health sciences world?" says the first chair of the subcommittee, William Wara, a professor of radiation oncology and chair of the UC, San Francisco Senate.
Joining Wara on the panel are Charles Lewis and John Wheeler, the chairs of the UCLA and UCSD Senates; Carol Freeman, the chair of the Senate's University Committee on Educational Policy; Margot Norris, the chair of the Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs; and Lawrence Pitts, the chair of the University Committee on Faculty Welfare.
Education Abroad Directorships
University of California faculty are being invited to apply for
directorships in UC's Education Abroad Program for the period
July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1999. Two-year resident positions are
open for director of programs in China (Beijing), Egypt (Cairo),
France (Bordeaux/Toulouse), India (Delhi), Japan (Tokyo), Spain
(Madrid), and the United Kingdom/Ireland (an associate directorship,
London). Resident positions of shorter duration are being offered
in Japan (Meiji Gakuin), Hungary, Russia, and Scandinavia.
Fluency in the language of the host country is required, except in the case of the Meiji Gakuin program. The deadline for applications is October 17, 1996. Candidates must be tenured Academic Senate members (active or emeriti), or lecturers with security of employment. Further information may be obtained by contacting Kathleen Ranney of the Universitywide Office of the Education Abroad Program at (805) 893-3677 or at kranney@uoeap.ucsb.edu.
Faculty Handbook On-line
The University of California's Faculty Handbook has joined the
growing list of universitywide publications available on-line.
Aimed at ladder rank faculty -- in particular, those who are new
to UC -- the Handbook is an informal primer on the Univerity.
Its Web address is: http://www.ucop.edu/acadadv/acadpers.