Not sure how I feel about this

Governor vetoes bill to limit executive pay at UC and CSU.

CSU Privatized?

Editorial in the Sac Bee from a USC professor of higher ed. Is this a possible future?

Thanks for the offer

I do appreciate the "Goodfellas" offer. For better or for worse the file is in.

Truisms from Hita

Just re-read this for my Spanish Lit Survey, and it struck me as excellent relief from such serious concerns. The old Arcipreste surely dealt with equally noxious situations, though perhaps not exactly the same as tenure, furloughs, layoffs, publishing, and departmental politics.

Aristóteles dijo, y es cosa verdadera,
que el hombre por dos cosas trabaja: la primera,
por el sustentamiento, y la segunda era
por conseguir unión con hembra placentera.

Real Tenure?

Here is something I may have posted before but probably good to read again in light of recent discussions on tenure and job security. For the record, my institution is actually seeing record enrollments and we have a new president who seems to understand what the college needs and is willing to go after it. The college is also now ranked with top-tier liberal arts schools (for whatever that is worth) so I temper my recent criticisms with some good news. Nevertheless, I refuse to get comfortable in this age of budget cuts. I reread this article today: http://chronicle.com/article/Real-Tenure-Is-Portable/44851

Perils of going up for tenure

A "colleague" sandbagged me in his letter. Not unexpected in this case, but still annoying. I wouldn't mind so much, but this guy has a habit of calling me unprofessional while trashing me to students. I of course cannot respond in kind because that would be --- wait for it -- unprofessional, not to mention childish. How does one appropriately respond to insane, petty childishness in others without appearing to be insane, petty and childish himself?

Furloughs again

At least you all in the CSU are not working for less pay. You actually are getting mandatory days off so they don't have to pay you. Correct?