UFF-FAU

February 8, 2010. Here’s what people are reading most on UFF-FAU.

February 8, 2010. “Politically, it is easier for legislators to dismiss Crist’s budget plan and start slashing than to acknowledge what he has gotten right: Reinvest in education and the environment, collect the revenue from the ongoing expansion of gambling on Seminole lands, and get what help Florida can from Washington. That’s where the discussion should begin.”

February 6, 2010. Special “fire-drill edition”, Crist’s “wish and a prayer” budget proposal allots $7.1 billion to higher ed, Repubs’ devious “Right Size Class Size 2010″, More tax breaks! Smith, Atwater & Cretul’s personal responsibility defense: “Try as it might, no government (or parent) has the power to assure a high-quality outcome in a child’s education.”

February 5, 2010. Concerns about project’s long-term costs brushed aside by erstwhile budget-conscious administrators.

February 5, 2010. Where have we heard this before?

February 3, 2010. Administration claims “philosophical” objection to faculty teaching in summer, Says professors should use summer months for research, BOT and administration remain tight-fisted on salaries

February 2, 2010. Seventy-eight percent of faculty vote at December 10 meeting, “We, the Faculty of the College of Engineering and Computer Science, do not endorse the proposed organizational structure … since the suggested grouping alters the traditional departmental structure, enables faculty reassignments and undermines the tenure process.”

February 2, 2010. UFF-FAU blog averaging 1,100 hits weekly. Here’s what people are reading.

February 1, 2010. FAU Eminent Scholar and UFF take on administrator’s headstrong efforts to disrupt established and productive research program.

January 29, 2010. Projection of $2 billion increase would translate to $100 million more for SUS, Proposal contrasts with state economists’ forecast for $3.2 billion overall reduction in revenues