The May 2011 issue of The Senate Source, an online publication for University of California faculty published by the UC Systemwide Senate, is now available at http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/senate/news/. This month’s stories include:

• Budget anxiety increases: Read about some of the latest developments in the state and university budget situation.
• What faculty can do to help advocate on behalf of the UC budget: A list of actions you can take to help engage support for UC’s budget message to the state.
• Online pilot gets new funds plan, and questions: UCOP’s online education pilot project plan is moving forward despite lingering Senate concerns about the goals of the project and a new financial model that relies on external borrowing and attracting significant numbers of non-UC students.
• Council approves guidelines for self-supporting programs: Academic Council has approved guidelines drafted by the Coordinating Committee on Graduate Affairs for Graduate Councils and Committees on Planning and Budget to use in reviewing proposals for new Self-Supporting graduate degree Programs and new proposals to charge Professional Degree Supplemental Tuition.
• Council task force developing innovative “rebenching plan”: An Academic Council Task Force charged with developing an actionable plan grounded in the report of Council’s Special Committee on a Plan for the University of California has forwarded an excerpt of its draft report to the President’s Budget Rebenching Committee.
• Bob Powell elected 2011–12 Academic Senate vice chair: UC Davis Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Bob Powell has been elected vice chair of the Academic Senate for the 2011–12 academic year.
• Notes from Academic Senate Chair Dan Simmons

Previous issues are also available on the Academic Senate website. The Senate Source welcomes your comments at senatenews@ucop.edu.

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