Category: News & Updates

[su_note note_color=”#dbe2ed” text_color=”000000″] DEANS DEPARTMENT CHAIRS As part of the current Memorandum of Understanding between the University and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), each UC campus has provided a Professional Development Fund Pool for Unit 18 Faculty covered by the agreement. For the 2021-2022 year awards, at the Irvine Campus, all Unit 18 Faculty appointees…Continue Reading Unit 18 Faculty Professional Development Fund Pool

[su_note note_color=”#dbe2ed” text_color=”000000″] DEANS DEPARTMENT CHAIRS CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICERS Due to ongoing pandemic issues, student evaluations of teaching will still have the COVID-19 watermark for both Fall 2021 and Winter 2022. Sincerely, Diane K. O’Dowd Vice Provost for Academic Personnel[/su_note]…Continue Reading COVID-19 Watermark – Student Evaluations

UCPATH Freeze: Saturday, January 29, 2022 – Friday, February 4, 2022 The University of California and the University Council-American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT) ratified a new multi-year contract in effect since December 3, 2021 and will run through June 30, 2026. In accordance with the new contractual agreement, Unit 18 Faculty salaries will be adjusted…Continue Reading UCPATH Freeze: Unit 18 Faculty Range Adjustment

[su_note note_color=”#dbe2ed” text_color=”#000000″] Dear Colleagues, The Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor allocated $1 million in funding for a pilot Interim COVID-19 Research Recovery Program (ICRRP) as an investment in faculty research/creative activity in 2021-2022. The ICRRP aims to support recovery of research/creative activity that was significantly impacted by COVID-19 for assistant and associate rank faculty….Continue Reading Interim COVID Research Recovery Program – January 2022 Call

[su_note]Updated November 9, 2021: The communication from Nov. 5, 2021, noted that faculty that had not submitted their 18-19 and/or 19-20 annual certification via UC OATS would be subject to the loss of sabbatical privileges. This was issued in error and the loss of sabbatical privileges has been removed. [/su_note] University of California policy requires…Continue Reading Annual Call for Annual Certification of Outside Professional Activities

[su_note note_color=”#dbe2ed” text_color=”000000″]Dear Professor, The University invites comments on proposed revisions to Section 759 of the Academic Personnel Manual: APM – 759, Leaves of Absence/Other Leaves Without Pay In May 2021, the Regents Working Group on Innovation Transfer and Entrepreneurship (“Regents Working Group”) recommended in its final report that APM – 759 be revised to…Continue Reading Systemwide Review of Proposed Revisions to Academic Personnel Manual (APM) 759

[su_note note_color=”#dbe2ed” text_color=”000000″]ACADEMIC DEANS DEPARTMENT CHAIRS The following are the revised leave-related policies in the Academic Personnel Manual (APM) 700 series: APM – 700, Leaves of Absence/General; APM – 710, Leaves of Absence/Sick Leave/Medical Leave; APM – 715, Leaves of Absence/Family and Medical Leave; APM – 720, Leaves of Absence/Holidays; APM – 730, Leaves of…Continue Reading Issuance of Substantive Revisions to the Leave-Related Policies of the 700 Series of the Academic Personnel Manual (APM)

[su_note note_color=”#dbe2ed” text_color=”000000″] ACADEMIC DEANS ASSISTANT DEANS Last year, the Office of Academic Personnel issued guidance indicating that additional compensation for individuals teaching in self-supporting programs would have to be taken as salary at the time of service I understand that this has caused significant concern for some faculty who are interested in using these…Continue Reading Self-Supporting Degree Programs and Academic Enrichment Funds

[su_note note_color=”#dbe2ed” text_color=”000000″]ACADEMIC DEANS ASSOCIATE DEANS CHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICERS EQUITY ADVISORS We are excited to inform you of UCI’s subscription renewal to the Texas Tech University National Registry of Diverse & Strategic Faculty database. We encourage the posting of all faculty recruitment ads to this site, in addition to the other sites you normally use,…Continue Reading Texas Tech National Registry of Diverse & Strategic Faculty Database

Dear Colleagues, The Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor has allocated $1 million in funding for a pilot Interim COVID-19 Research Recovery Program (ICRRP) as an investment in faculty research/creative activity. The ICRRP aims to support recovery of research/creative activity that was significantly impacted by COVID-19 for assistant and associate rank faculty (Professor, Professor In Residence,…Continue Reading New Senate Faculty Funding Program to Support Recovery of Research/Creative Activity Impacted by COVID-19