Newsletters 1996-97 to 2000-01

1999-2000

A Complicated Money Trail: Indirect Costs and the Funding of University Research
UCLA Engineer Is New Vice Chair of the Statewide Senate
The University's Labor Contract with Its Teaching Assistants: A Q&A for UC Faculty
Johnson Award Goes to Senate Activst Fred Spiess of UCSD
Notes from the Chair : Undergraduates in the Equation

With Wave of Faculty Hiring, UC Stands to Remake Itself During the Next 12 Years
What Matters to Young Faculty?
After Years of Debate, UC Adopts a Policy on Termination of Incompetent Faculty
Senate Submits Proposal Calling for Further Extension of Domestic Partner Benefits
Senate Colleagues Mourn Passing of Former Senate Chair Arnold L. Leiman
News in Brief: Three New Research Centers, Personnel Review at UC Davis
Notes from the Chair : Hiring the 21st-Century Faculty

UC in the Nation's Capital: Under One Director and, Soon, Under One Roof
A Year into a Major Reorganization, the UC Irvine Senate Considers the Results
Notice ,Returning with This Issue, Will Be Joined by Other Senate Publications
Task Force Granted Authority over UCM Courses and Curricula
A New Center in London
News in Brief: Child Care Proposal, Senate Award Nominations, Education Abroad Positions
Notes from the Chair : Faculty & Staff

Task Force Appointed for UC Merced Campus
Faculty Salary Increases Achieve Comparison Parity; Questions for the Future Remain
News from the Divisions
UC Davis Academic Senate Chair Bryan Miller Dies
Notes from the Chair : Governance in Action
Voluntary Contribution Plan Update

High Senate Post Goes to Lawrence B. Coleman of UCD
Senate Committee Needs More Information Before Deciding on New Admission Plan: Top 4 Percent of Each High School Would Be UC-Eligible
Issues of Student Transfer and 'Aarticulation' Taken Up by Faculty in Statewide Conference
Senate Service Award Goes to Professors from UCSB and UCR
Notes from the Chair : Digital Dilemmas

Issue of Outside Work for Faculty Revived in Concern over 'Conflict of Commitment'
Berkeley Faculty and LECG Consulting Firm: If Profits Are in the Millions, Is There Necessarily a Conflict of Commitment?
With Santa Cruz and Riverside Filled, UC Struggles with Issue of 'Referral Students'
Senate's Self-Study Yields Report on Shared Governance
Notes from the Chair : Course Articulation
News in Brief: May Assembly Meeting
UC Fund Peformance Update

Senate Looks into making Top 4 Percent of Students in Each High School UC-Eligible
Council Approves Blueprint for Senate Role in 10 th Campus
Educating More Students Than The State Funds, UC Has an 'Overenrollment' Problem
Notes from the Chair : Shared Governance
March Voluntary Contribution Plan Update

Governor's Support Means That Tenth Campus Has Only One Obstacle in Its Way
Senate Defining Its Role in Shaping UCM
SP-1 Seen as Having different Impacts on Professional Schools, Academic Programs
Governor's Budget Proposes Increases in Engineering, Computer Science Enrollments
UCRP Healthy, But When Will Employees Contribute to It Again?
Universitywide Assembly Meets on February 24
Notes from the Chair: Graduate Education
Letters to Notice : Respecting the Law on Affirmative Action
February Voluntary Contribution Plan Update

In Close Vote, Regents Approve Domestic-Partner Benefits for UC Faculty and Staff
Who Is Eligible to Attend UC? Wealth of Data Come from New State Study
Senate Committee Plays Pivotal Role in Admissions
California's 'Virtual University' Aims to Be a Digital Center for Higher Education
Following Senate Vote, UC Davis Abandons Semester Proposal
News in Brief
Notes from the Chair : Political Pressures and the Governance of Universities
Letters to Notice : Effects of Prop. 209
December Voluntary Contribution Plan Update

Mission of University's 'Digital Library' Extends to Reshaping Academic Publishing
President Atkinson Orders Review of UCI Medical School
Gov. Wilson Vetos Bill That Would Have Given UC Stable Share of State Funding
Campus Research Funds Will Now Come from UC Patents
Academic Council Asks Whether Division of Agriculture's Mission, Separation from Senate Should Come Under Review
Notes from the Chair : Research Funding
Letters to Notice: Affirmative Action and Faculty Hiring
November Voluntary Contribution Plan Update

In Response to Governor's Wishes, Regents Delay Consideration of Partners Benefits
Unrecognized Partners: Three UC Stories
Panel Recommends Dropping SAT To Increase Eligibility of Latino Students
With Final Hurdles Cleared, Stanford and UCSF Will Merge Their Medical Centers
Salary Increases Delayed for One Month
Assembly To Meet This Month at UCB
News in Brief
Letters to Notice: UC Faculty and Nuclear Weapons
Notes from the Chair : A Valuable Debate
October Voluntary Contribution Plan Update

Domestic Partner Benefits, Long Sought by Faculty, Will Be Considered by the Regents
Senate's Assembly Elects Vice-Chair, Approves Legislation
Task Force, Working Group Propose Major Changes in Faculty Discipline Procedures
Faculty Seek Facts, Legislators Open Records In UCSF-Stanford Merger
With Color-Blind Process in Place, Minority Law Admissions Fall
Letters to Notice: Affirmative Action And Faculty Hiring
News in Brief
Notes from the Chair : Final Thoughts
June Voluntary Contribution Plan Update

With Receipt of NSF Award, UCSD Will Remain a Center of U.S. 'Supercomputing'
In Disciplinary Case Involving Demotion and Sabbatical, Court sides with UCR Professor
Issues in Case Moved Chair of Council to Write Letter to Court
UCLA's Aimee Dorr Is Nominated for Top Senate Position
Senate's Panel on Shared Governance Produces Statement
News in Brief
Notes from the Chair: Our Self-Study
May Voluntary Contribution Plan Update

In Quest for Diversity, UC Pins Its Hopes on Outreach, Rather than Admissions
Business Schools Asking for Fees that Differ by Campus
Senate, Campus Administrations Agree on Little, So Far, Regarding In -Residence Issues
Senate's Assembly Will Have Election of Vice-Chair, Legislation on Memorials, Assembly Procedure to Consider at May Meeting
UC San Francisco Picks Mission Bay as Second Site
Faculty Recruitment and Retention Detailed in Study
Grant 'Assessments' for Staff Awards Surprise Some Investigators
UC Faculty Named to Direct Study Centers for Education Abroad
Notes from the Chair : Academic Values
April Voluntary Contribution Plan Update

At UCLA, a Seismic Financial Shift to 'Responsibility Center' Management
In Collaboration across Campuses, History Sets the Pace
Senate's Assembly Meets at UC Irvine
Regents, Senate Endorse Content Standards for High School English and Mathematics
News in Brief
Notes from the Chair: One University?
March Voluntary Contribution Plan Update