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Women in Higher Ed in California

Byuclafaculty

The Orange County Register produced some charts about women in California from a recent report by Mt. Saint Mary’s College.  Included is the higher ed info above and below. The full article is at: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/girls-349532-california-women.html The report on which it is based is at: http://www.msmc.la.edu/PDFFiles/status-of-women/RSWG-2012-Final-high.pdf Note: Women comprise 54% of undergraduate enrollment at UCLA and 47%  of doctoral enrollment as of Fall 2011.  See: http://www.aim.ucla.edu/enrollment/enrollment_demographics_fall.asp

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No laughing matter

Byuclafaculty

A kind of performance art project has arrived at UCLA (in front of Royce Hall) and other venues around LA which involves putting colorful pianos around for anyone who cares to play.A web page for the Royce location is athttp://streetpianos.com/la2012/pianos/royce-hall/ Additional info is athttp://www.streetpianos.com/about

Mistake

Byuclafaculty

From Insider Higher Ed 4-16-12 A professor’s use of a class website at the University of California at (sic) Los Angeles to promote a boycott of Israel has led to a protest and a subsequent finding by the university that his actions were inappropriate, and has raised questions about academic freedom and its interpretation.  The AMCHA Initiative, a California group that focuses on actions it views as anti-Israel, complained to the university in March after it found out about the links that were used last quarter on the official class website of David Shorter, an associate professor in the department…

Before laughing, maybe we should poll our students on this matter

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(Note: The film is currently playing in Westwood in a 3D version.) ‘Just found out Titanic really happened!’ The tweeters who thought world’s most famous shipwreck was just a film By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 21:03 EST, 14 April 2012 | UPDATED: 05:29 EST, 15 April 2012 As the world commemorates the centenary of the Titanic’s sinking, thousands of people have taken to the internet to discuss the historic anniversary.  But the event has evidently proven more educational for some than others.  A number of tweeters have used the micro-blogging site to confess that they were unaware that the Titanic was a real ship. The ill-informed…

Post Pepper

Byuclafaculty

In the aftermath of the official report on the pepper-spray incident at UC-Davis, the chancellor there issued a response promising a variety of reforms, etc.  Below is her statement:Chancellor: ‘We are moving swiftly’ 4.13.12 Dear UC Davis Community: The Reynoso task force report illuminated clearly and sharply the need for major reform of campus police operations and better coordination, collaboration and communication within the UC Davis administration and with the broader university community. We are moving swiftly to address these issues and any others that need attention. In fact, we began addressing several areas of need prior to the release…

How Big?

Byuclafaculty

We continue to report on the UCLA hotel/conference center project which the Regents found questionable in their March meeting and refused to endorse.  Earlier, we noted threehotel projects being planned for Santa Monica.  It is useful to look at a rendering of one of them which has 138 rooms and would be at 5th Street and Colorado.   It’s pretty massive and useful to look at.  Now consider that the 250-room proposed UCLA hotel would have over 80% more rooms and you get a sense of the scale of the UCLA project.  The Santa Monica project shown above is described as follows:…

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Daily State Taxes

Byuclafaculty

“Pay your taxes with a smile unless, of course, they insist on cash.”* State tax aficionados (yes, there are some – particularly in the legislature and the governor’s Dept. of Finance) tend to watch the daily inflows of income tax in April which is the big tax month.  Right now, total income tax receipts for the current fiscal year are almost exactly where they were at this time last year.   Of course, people who owe taxes tend to mail in their returns at the deadline (which is April 17 this year because the 15th is Sunday and there is a…

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Too Much Old Radio?

Byuclafaculty

The felony charge against a UCLA professor in connection with a fatal lab fire continues.  This blog, in an earlier post, noted another felony case charged against a UCLA political science professor by the Los Angeles District Attorney and questioned whether the criminalization of these matters is appropriate.  The earlier post is at: http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2012/03/da-overreaching.html From today’s Daily Bruin: The formal reading of felony charges in relation to the 2009 death of a UCLA staff research assistant has been postponed for a third time.  UCLA chemistry Professor Patrick Harran, the UC Board of Regents and the Los Angeles County District Attorney were…

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Pepper Report Released

Byuclafaculty

The long-awaited UC-Davis pepper spray report has now been released.  A link below will allow you to open the report (which also contains underlying Kroll report on the incident).  Some police officer names have been blanked out although the “pepper spray cop” is named. Basically, the report suggests an amateur lack of control and decision making of the campus police involving the police chief and chancellor (and others in the chancellor’s office). President Yudof released the statement below:Yudof statement on the release of UC Davis pepper-spray report Date: 2012-04-11 I want to thank Justice Reynoso and members of the Task…

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Audios of Regents Meetings of March 27-29, 2012

Byuclafaculty

Meeting of the Regents of the University of California: March 27-29, 2012 Prior posts have included excerpts from the Regents meetings dealing with the proposed UCLA hotel/conference center and the sale by UCLA of the Hannah Carter Japanese Garden.  Below you will find complete recordings of the three days of the Regent meeting with the exception of the third day for which a defective audio file was received. Tuesday March 27, 2012: Day 1 3:00 pm Committee on Health Services (includes public comment) Wednesday, March 28, 2012: Day 2 8:30 am Committee of the Whole (public comment) Includes comments on…