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In a family way

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Families may not be what they once were, back in the day.  But Inside Higher Ed today carries a story about an effort by the American Council on Education (ACE) to deal with worklife-family balance for faculty.  Readers will know of such changes in the faculty promotion system such as “stopping the tenure clock” for child birth.  However, the effort described in the article notes that ten university presidents or chancellors have signed on.  Curiously, only one is from the UC system – Linda Katehi of UC-Davis.

As it happens, one of the issues the revamped UCLA Faculty Assn. hopes to work on in the coming year is that very topic. In the meantime, Chancellor Block might have an interest in being a signatory to the ACE effort.

The Inside Higher Ed story is at http://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2013/06/20/new-effort-promote-faculty-work-family-balance

The ACE statement is at http://www.acenet.edu/leadership/programs/Pages/National-Challenge.aspx

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Report from the National AAUP Convention

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Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA, of which UCLA-FA is the UCLA chapter) President Constance Penley attended the historic National AAUP convention on June 16-18 in Arlington, VA, as the CUCFA delegate, which meant that she had an opportunity to vote on the proposed alliance between the AAUP and the AFT (AFL-CIO) and to fill six open AAUP Council seats. Read her report from the Convention at the CUCFA website.

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AAUP / AFT Affiliation Agreement

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Alternative Blog Reading

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Campbell’s Bookstore in Westwood (long gone) As we do at the end of each quarter (calendar year quarter; not UCLA quarter), we provide an alternative way to read the blog.You can flip through the 2013 fourth quarter’s blog pages at the link below.  However, formatting may be odd and all audio and video will be absent.  Some post titles may be truncated.  However, you can always return to the actual blog for any missing elements.Below is the alternative reading link:

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Yesterday’s news

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