Report at #UCDavis on “Egregious Academic Freedom Violation” #Yuck

Wow — just got this email regarding Academic Senate issues at UC Davis and found out about this report on “Egregious Academic Freedom Violation” in relation to an issue at the Medical School.

See email below as well as the report (see link) – starting on p62. It is a pretty sordid tale …

*Sent on behalf of the Academic Senate Chair*

Dear Academic Senate Members,

On Friday, the Academic Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility (CAFR) will be presenting their report, “Egregious Academic Freedom Violation” which begins on page 62 of the June 8 Representative Assembly meeting call (http://academicsenate.ucdavis.edu/ra/RA-Meeting-Call-2012-06-08.pdf).  The Committee on Elections, Rules and Jurisdiction (CERJ) has put the recommendations of the CAFR report into the form of resolutions, which are attached.  In order to be voted on by the Representative Assembly, the resolutions would have to be moved and seconded.  We hope that the attachment will assist the Representative Assembly as its members review and consider CAFR’s recommendations.

Thank you.

From: Edwin M Arevalo
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 11:30 AM
To: ‘academic-senate@ucdavis.edu
Cc: Edwin M Arevalo
Subject: 2011-2012 Representative Assembly (RA): June 8 Meeting Call Notice
Importance: High

Dear Academic Senate Members,

This message is being sent on behalf of the Academic Senate Secretary, Ines Hernandez-Avila.  Please see the following link (http://academicsenate.ucdavis.edu/ra/RA-Meeting-Call-2012-06-08.pdf) to access the Representative Assembly Meeting Call for Friday’s (6-8-12) meeting.  You can also access RA information, meeting calls, and meeting summaries on the RA website (http://academicsenate.ucdavis.edu/repassembly.cfm).

Please remember that we no longer print hard-copies of the meeting call in an attempt to help save resources, financial and natural.  We will be projecting the meeting call during the entirety of the meeting.

Note: The meeting call is longer than usual due to the insertion of the 35 page April 17 meeting summary (beginning on page 3) which includes the Chancellor’s State of the Campus speech.

Thank you,

Edwin M. Arevalo

Associate Director

Academic Senate Office, Mrak 402

University of California, Davis

(530) 754-7468

CAFR resolutions for June 8 2012 RA meeting.pdf

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