Annual Report of the
Committee on Academic Freedom and Responsibility
2000-2001

To:      The Representative Assembly of the Davis Division of the Academic Senate

During the academic year 2000-2001, CAFR corresponded by email several times and met two times to conduct the following business:

• The Division Chair requested that we review and comment on the proposed APM-025, Conflict of Commitment and Outside Activities of Faculty Members. The CAFR response, representing our divided views, was sent on October 27, 2000.
• The Division Chair requested our views on the proposed changes to Bylaws 334, 335, 336, 337, and 195.We communicated our approval of the changes on April 1, 2001.
• The Division Chair requested comments from CAFR on the proposed UCDHS Drug Testing Policy. CAFR reported its serious concerns about this proposal on April 1, 2001.
• CAFR commented on the proposal to increase the number of Academic Senate Clinical X faculty. We recommended that deserving faculty in the Clinical X series should be afforded Academic Senate membership.
• The Division Chair asked for CAFR comments on the Whistleblower Policy and the Whistleblower Protection from Retaliation Policy. We discussed the policies and will submit our recommendations for changes before the June 1 deadline.
• The Division Chair requested our views on the proposed Academic Personnel Policies 015, Faculty Code of Conduct, and 016, University Policy on Faculty Conduct and Administration of Discipline. We discussed the policies and will submit our comments before the June 1 deadline.

Respectfully submitted,

     Joanne Diehl , English
     Charles Halsted, Internal Medicine
     Michele Igo, Microbiology
     Michael Jubien, Philosophy
     Kim Coontz, Davis Academic Federation Representative
     Susannah Martin, Graduate Student Representative
     Michael Lopez, Undergraduate Student Representative
     Ben McCoy, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Chair