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More Terrorism Against UCLA Researchers Reported

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UCLA researcher receives threatening package; animal activists said to claim responsibility November 23, 2010, LA Now blog of LA Times A UCLA neuroscientist who conducts animal research received a package with razor blades and a threatening message, a university spokesman said Tuesday afternoon. David Jentsch, who does research on rodents and primates, received the package earlier this month, spokesman Phil Hampton said. In a news release issued Tuesday, the Animal Liberation Front said it had obtained statements from animal activists called “The Justice Department of UCLA,” which claimed responsibility for sending AIDS-tainted razor blades to Jentsch, whom the group alleges…

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Another Take – This One from Insider Higher Ed – on Pushback on Anderson’s Self-Sufficiency Plan

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Inside Higher Ed’s take on the Anderson self sufficiency issue (with a nice plug for our blog) Pushback on a B-School’s Bold Plan (excerpts) November 23, 2010, Scott Jaschik, Inside Higher Ed The blog of the Faculty Association of the University of California at Los Angeles features a video, labeled “a little self-sufficient music” — the Supremes singing “Stop in the Name of Love.” The clip starts not with the famous title line of the song, but with the refrain: “Think it o-o-ver.” The reference to “self-sufficient music” is a play on the plan of the business school at UCLA…

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End of the Line for Anderson Self Sufficiency?

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The LA Business Journal carries a report today on the Academic Senate’s negative report on the Anderson plan for self sufficiency. (See earlier post on this topic.) Dean Olian characterizes the report as “misinterpretations.” The report suggested a more detailed review was needed, which would delay the plan. On the other hand, Senate chair Ann Kargozian said the Senate ultimately “isn’t closed” to self sufficiency. One has a sense that underneath the debate, the Anderson plan is seen (feared?) by some as quasi-privatization that could spread to other schools or the larger UC system. Some excerpts below: UCLA Business School…

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UCLA and UC Well Represented on New Redistricting Commission

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In 2008, voters approved taking redistricting legislative seats after the 2010 Census away from the legislature and gave the job to a citizens redistricting commission. In the recent election, they rejected abolishing the commission and gave it the additional task of redistricting congressional seats. Eight commissioners have so far been selected through a complicated process. UCLA and UC are well represented, as the report below from the Rose Institute at Claremont indicates. First 8 CA Commissioners are a Well-Educated Group The first 8 people chosen for California’s Citizens Redistricting Commission are a well-educated group. All 8 hold both a bachelor…

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UCLA Academic Senate Opposes Anderson Self Sufficiency

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The Academic Senate has sent a letter to EVC Scott Waugh dated Nov. 1 opposing the Anderson “self sufficiency” funding plan (which some see as a form of privatization). Among the complaints are that salaries at Anderson are already at competitive levels with other business schools, that the proposal might overemphasize teaching relative to research, and that if the revenues projected fell short, there might be a financial risk to UCLA. You can find the Senate evaluation and other documents related to this issue at http://www.senate.ucla.edu/documents/AGSMFSS_AcademicSenateResponse.pdf A little self sufficient music: UPDATE: The Daily Bruin has an account of a…