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Professor Ward Churchill Vows to Sue University of Colorado Over Controversial Firing Wednesday, July 25, 2007 :
The Board of Regents of the University of Colorado in Boulder voted 8 to 1 Tuesday evening to fire tenured professor of Ethnic Studies Ward Churchill on charges of research misconduct. But Churchill maintains that the allegations were a pretext to remove him for his controversial political views. One day after his firing, Churchill calls the charges a sham and vows a suit against the school....
Posted: Wed, Jul 25, 2007 7:14am PDT
University of Colorado Set To Fire Ward Churchill Tuesday, July 24, 2007 : So it's a very good bet that the Regents will indeed give Churchill the axe. The only thing that might change their minds is an outpouring of public opinion supporting a professor's right to voice unpopular views....
Posted: Tue, Jul 24, 2007 8:51am PDT
10,000 Child Care Providers Getting a Voice on the Job Monday, July 23, 2007 : More than 10,000 child care providers in Kansas and Pennsylvania won collective bargaining rights this month when the states' governors signed executive orders guaranteeing the workers a voice on the job. In Kansas, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D) signed the executive order granting bargaining rights to some 7,000 state licensed and regulated home child care providers....
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2007 10:17pm PDT
Contrast Between State Takeovers of Oakland and Vallejo Schools Raises Questions
Oakland and Vallejo Schools Raises Questions Friday, July 20, 2007 : With a bill making its way through the state legislature that would take the state superintendent’s discretion out of the return to local control of the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), the granting of limited local control in the nearby Vallejo Unified School District last week raises new questions about how objective the standards are for returning power to a school district once it has been taken over by the state....
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2007 6:47am PDT
Regents: Proposed Budget Cuts Would Violate Compact Monday, July 23, 2007 : SANTA BARBARA - The UC Board of Regents issued a statement Thursday to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state legislators in response to a proposed cut in state funding....
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2007 6:46am PDT
Youth & Power 2007 Vet’s Hall - 215 East Beach St., Watsonville, Califas, 95076...
Event Date: Tue, Aug 14, 2007 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2007 1:40am PDT
Britain is GMO free again Syndicated Content From United Kingdom...
Posted: Sun, Jul 22, 2007 10:40pm PDT
Progressive Forum University Union. CSU -Sacramento.
6000 J. Street, Sacramento, Ca. 95819...
Event Date: Thu, Oct 4, 2007 9:00am PDT
Posted: Wed, Jul 18, 2007 6:35pm PDT
Bi-Weekly US Campus Greens(Student Green Party) Teleconference Meeting Dial...
Event Date: Mon, Jul 16, 2007 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 16, 2007 8:52am PDT
Check Out Teachers Volunteering in New Orleans Sunday, July 15, 2007 : Some 80 teachers and school personnel from across the country are spending part of their summer break in New Orleans - painting high schools, tutoring students and doing other community projects. We described their incredible effort here. Now AFT, the union sponsoring the "Lend a Hand" summer program, put together this video that really shows the dedication of these volunteers - and the challenges still ahead throughout the still-devastated neighborhoods of New...
Posted: Sun, Jul 15, 2007 11:53am PDT
Big Fuss Over Campus in Little China Originally From New America Media
Saturday, July 14, 2007 : A proposal to build a college campus in San Francisco’s Chinatown met resistance from Chinese-American State Senator Leland Yee, reports NAM writer Ying Ying Joyce Choi, and Chinese community leaders are in an uproar. Choi is a journalism student at The University of Hong Kong....
Posted: Sat, Jul 14, 2007 8:45am PDT
UC, Academic Workers Negotiate Thursday, July 12, 2007 : Workload issues are taking center stage as the union representing student academic employees, including GSIs, meets with the university to negotiate a new contract this summer....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 7:14am PDT
Bush Plans to Kill House-Passed College Aid Increase Friday, July 13, 2007 : Yesterday, by a 273-149 vote, the U.S. House passed the College Cost Reduction Act. The bill boosts college financial aid by $18 billion over five years and cuts federal subsidies to private lenders. The "single largest increase in college aid since the GI bill in 1944," the legislation increases the Pell Grant scholarship by $500 over five years and cuts interest rates on need-based loans in half....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:46am PDT
US Supreme Court Rules Against Integration: "This decision will not stand" Friday, July 13, 2007 : PHILADELPHIA — Some 9,000 National Education Association delegates wrapped up their four-day national assembly here in an upbeat mood, determined to continue their active opposition to the Bush education agenda. Among the meeting’s many highlights, none was more stirring than the adoption of a resolution condemning the Supreme Court’s June 28 decision overturning school desegregation plans in Louisville, Ky., and Seattle....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:33am PDT
Get a Degree to Change the World! 766 Valencia Street, New College Cultural Center, San Francisco, CA (between 18th and 19th Streets)...
Event Date: Wed, Jul 25, 2007 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 5:06pm PDT
California Safe Schools Protects Students & Teachers With AB 405 (Montanez) Summary: AB 405(Montanez) Sponsored by California Safe Schools became effective January 1, 2006, and prohibited experimental pesticides, whose health effects are unknown in schools....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 11:51am PDT
Author Dennis Fritz The Other Innocent Man in Grisham's The Innocent Man Dennis Fritz started his "Journey Toward Justice" July 2005.
July is when he started writing his book "Journey Toward Justice" in which he details his arrest and subsequent imprisonment until his release April 15, 1999.
Dennis Fritz was Ron Williamson's friend and co-defendant in the Debra Sue Carter murder case. John Grisham wrote about the case in his book,The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town...
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 5:14pm PDT
The Rape of Higher Education by Corporate America Corporate America began developing online courses years back when traditional universities had no idea how to do the same. But the times have changed. Traditional universities are promoting strong academic programs while corporate or For-profit universities create an image of caring about academics but only care about the dollars. Academics are hurting....it is time to say goodbye to For-profit Universities...
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 5:05pm PDT
Graduate Students Rally at UCSC to Defend Health Care 
On May 17th, graduate students, who are also teaching assistants at UC Santa Cruz, held a rally and sick-in, along with other employees, to let the University of California know that we are sick of attacks on our health care. Hours after the demonstration at Kerr Hall, Lisa Sloan, Dean of Graduate Studies, announced that next year's Graduate Student Health Insurance Plan (GSHIP) will maintain the current level of coverage. This victory was achieved in combination with an email campaign to UCS...
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 3:01pm PDT
Teaching Assistants Fight for Workload Protections at UC Campuses 
On June 12th, teaching assistants and other members of UAW Local 2865 held a grade-in at the Baytree Plaza at UC Santa Cruz as part of a statewide action to highlight our demand for better protections against excessive workload. The action was successful and turned out over a thousand TAs, readers, and tutors across seven UC campuses. The willingness of Local 2865 to take action around important issues is a vital part of negotiations.
In the bargaining session that took place June 18th a...
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 7:19pm PDT
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