Academic Senate University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607-5200 Please send website comments or questions to mbertero@ucop.edu		Previous Issues, 1996-1997 June 1997 (pdf) Domestic Partner Benefits, Long Sought by Faculty, Will Be Considered by the Regents Senate's Assembly Elects Vice-Chair, Approves Legislation Task Force, Working Group Propose Major Changes in Faculty Discipline Procedures Faculty Seek Facts, Legislators Open Records In UCSF-Stanford Merger With Color-Blind Process in Place, Minority Law Admissions Fall Letters to Notice: Affirmative Action And Faculty Hiring News in Brief Notes from the Chair: Final Thoughts June Voluntary Contribution Plan Update May 1997 (pdf) With Receipt of NSF Award, UCSD Will Remain a Center of U.S. 'Supercomputing' In Disciplinary Case Involving Demotion and Sabbatical, Court sides with UCR Professor Issues in Case Moved Chair of Council to Write Letter to Court UCLA's Aimee Dorr Is Nominated for Top Senate Position Senate's Panel on Shared Governance Produces Statement News in Brief Notes from the Chair: Our Self-Study May Voluntary Contribution Plan Update April 1997 (pdf) In Quest for Diversity, UC Pins Its Hopes on Outreach, Rather than Admissions Business Schools Asking for Fees that Differ by Campus Senate, Campus Administrations Agree on Little, So Far, Regarding In -Residence Issues Senate's Assembly Will Have Election of Vice-Chair, Legislation on Memorials, Assembly Procedure to Consider at May Meeting UC San Francisco Picks Mission Bay as Second Site Faculty Recruitment and Retention Detailed in Study Grant 'Assessments' for Staff Awards Surprise Some Investigators UC Faculty Named to Direct Study Centers for Education Abroad Notes from the Chair: Academic Values April Voluntary Contribution Plan Update March 1997 (pdf) At UCLA, a Seismic Financial Shift to 'Responsibility Center' Management In Collaboration across Campuses, History Sets the Pace Senate's Assembly Meets at UC Irvine Regents, Senate Endorse Content Standards for High School English and Mathematics News in Brief Notes from the Chair: One University? March Voluntary Contribution Plan Update February 1997 Method Proposed for Bringing Long-Term Stability to State's Funding of University Salary Proposal Would Leave UC 1.7 Percent Behind Competitors UC Moves to Initiate Audits in Medicare Billing Investigation Revision in Works for UC Billing Guidelines Supplemental Salary Program Likely to Be Implemented for Berkeley Business Faculty Members Picked for Senate's Task Force on Governance News in Brief Notes from the Chair: Faculty Salaries February Voluntary Contribution Plan Update December 1996 Bowing to Managed Care, Regents Approve Merger of UCSF, Stanford Medical Centers Statewide Senate to Carry Out Extensive Self-Examination Censure Vote Put Off UC Medical Education May Be Revamped Notes from the Chair: Our Admissions Role Education Abroad Posts Letters to Notice: TIAA Insurance; Meetings of the Senate's Universitywide Assembly November 1996 Gradual Recovery of UC Would Continue Under Budget Proposed for 1997-98 Instructional Technology Fee: Campuses Feel That $40 Per Student Might Do A Lot New Budget Initiative's 'Accountability' Measures To Be Implemented in Phases History of Faculty Role in Admissions Detailed in Study Snapshots from History Commentary: Considerations in Long-Term Care Insurance Notes from the Chair: Budget Oversight November Voluntary Contribution Plan Update October 1996 Berkeley Faculty May Vote This Month on Motion to Censure Board of Regents President's Statement on Shared Governance Budget Initiative Ushers in New Era in Campus Funding Advisory Committee Members Named for Chancellor Searches at Berkeley, UCLA News in Brief Voluntary Contribution Plan Update Letter to the Faculty from Council Chair Mellichamp