Hungry for info? Here's a buffet of links for you to graze:
- UC Faculty Walkout blog -- Important background materials and list of famous endorsers here.
- Remaking the University -- UC Santa Barbara's Chris Newfield's indispensable blog on the California crisis. Those of you in similar situations should be sure to look at Newfield's 2-page Q&A on the UC system budget. It takes an English prof to speak budget in terms that make sense. Just sayin'.
- Why We're Walking Out -- A statement by UC Davis grad students and lecturers that cogently and eloquently articulates the rationale for the walkout. This was posted on Facebook -- Don't know if those of you who are too cool for FB will be able to access or not. Just one more reason for you to drop your utterly futile resistance to the funnest thing since Twister.
- Chronicle of Higher Ed article on the mistrust that has developed between UC system administrators and the faculty -- Access by sub only. Sorry.
- Sac Bee story on the "naked rally" that was held at UC Davis today to, um, arouse interest in tomorrow's walkout -- The story is trying to get a bead on how large the action is likely to be. It notes that 1,100 of the system's 19,400 faculty have signed an online pledge to participate.
Hear Hear, Rox!!! I am a Californian today, Rox, and so is Moose. ". . .be united, be clear." Amen. We are not having coherent conversations in this country about the devastating costs of toeing only The Bottom Line.
ReplyDeleteIn solidarity and for the COMMONwealth,
Goose