Open Letter to President Yudof

Dear President Yudof, A year ago, I told the regents that they needed to investigate recent incidents of police pepper spraying , tasering ,...

Police Violence: The New Normal in America

Recent actions by police at Occupy encampments and student protests shows what happens when state violence goes unpunished. The new normal i...

Occupy California, Refund Higher Education, and the Question of Violence (Plus Schedule of Events)

On November 15th, faculty and students at UC Berkeley will hold a one-day strike and will attempt to re-establish an Occupy Cal encampment. ...

The Master Plan In Reverse

Bob Meister from UCSC has written an excellent article on the financialization of the university and the death of the Master Plan. Meister...

UC and the 99%

My last few posts have documented the growing wage inequality in the UC system. Like the rest of America, the university is structured by a...

Wage Disparities in the Professorial Ranks

In a previous post , I presented data on wage inequality in the UC system amongst different types of high-earning employees; what I would li...

New UC Salary Data: 2010 was a Good Year for Higher Earners

New UC salary data is now available at Jeffrey Bergamini’s compensation database , and it reveals that in 2010, there were 4,237 UC employ...