...in trouble: vide Bainbridge and the UCLA press release for more.
UPDATE: Philosopher Gerald Dworkin (UC Davis) writes with the following useful perspective on the preceding:
"The fact is that almost all of the cuts that have taken place are in things like outreach programs, agricultural extension, etc. As far as I can see core teaching programs have not been affected at all. The situation here at Davis ,which to my knowledge is not unrepresentative, is that we are hiring this year ( and in principle given the Jubien departure we could hire as many as three people), we have been assured that if we don't fill the positions this year we can fill them next year, and we have another fte [full time faculty position] waiting in the wings. The quote from the state of the state means that there will be some kind of tuition increase, perhaps as much as 10%, but this is actually a good thing from the point of view of the uc system (although perhaps a bad thing from the standpoint of assuring equal access on the part of students). The message from the President is the usual "washington monument" statement designed to influence the legislative process. So, in short, while the budget shortfall is serious, there is no evidence that the fate of philosophy departments or law schools is dire...."
FURTHER UPDATE: Yet more from Bainbridge, who seems less sanguine.
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