[CESElist] Earth System Science Certification Program

[Eldridge Moores]

Dear all,

I'm not exactly sure who is blocking progress in the UC system,  
except for one committee chair, a civil engineer, who is rotating off  
at the end of August.  The statewide UC science deans, including at  
least two physicists wrote a letter in support of a change in UC's  
"d" requirement to add Earth and Space Sciences.

Committees act in strange and mysterious ways, sometimes.

Eldridge
On Aug 1, 2007, at 8:49 AM, Susan Eriksson wrote:

> All,
>     At Virginia Tech, about ten years ago when this came up, it was  
> the physics and chemistry professors who claimed that Earth Science  
> is not a science.  It was science faculty who vetoed using Earth  
> Science as a science for admission to VT.
>
> Susan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Eldridge Moores
> To: Paula Messina
> Cc: Ellen Metzger ; ceselist at mailman.ucar.edu
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 12:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [CESElist] Earth System Science Certification Program
>
> Dear Paula et al.,
>
> Yes, it is true that there is a problem with the UC system and its  
> acceptance of Earth and Space Sciences as a laboratory science for  
> admission.? I've been working on this issue for about 3 years, and  
> it's making slow progress.? For your information, here is a version  
> of the the "talking points" I have sent to various UC Academic  
> Senate committees.? In the UC system, it is the faculty, acting  
> through the Academic Senate, which makes the decisions about  
> admissions requirements.? And the UC system is the basic  
> "carburetor" for the entire State of California.? To change the  
> system in California, one has to change the opinions of the UC  
> faculty.? If you know of any, please let them know!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Eldridge?
>
>
>
> On Jul 31, 2007, at 9:44 PM, Paula Messina wrote:
>
>> _______________________________________________
>
> Eldridge M. Moores, Ph.D., D.Sc
> Distinguished Professor Emeritus
> Vice President, International Union of Geological Sciences
> Geology Department
> One Shields Avenue
> University of California
> Davis, CA 95616-8605 USA
> Tel: 1-530-752-0352
> Email: moores at geology.ucdavis.edu
>
>
>
>
> Dear Paula et al.,
>
> Yes, it is true that there is a problem with the UC system and its
> acceptance of Earth and Space Sciences as a laboratory science for
> admission.  I've been working on this issue for about 3 years, and
> it's making slow progress.  For your information, here is a version
> of the the "talking points" I have sent to various UC Academic Senate
> committees.  In the UC system, it is the faculty, acting through the
> Academic Senate, which makes the decisions about admissions
> requirements.  And the UC system is the basic "carburetor" for the
> entire State of California.  To change the system in California, one
> has to change the opinions of the UC faculty.  If you know of any,
> please let them know!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Eldridge 
> On Jul 31, 2007, at 9:44 PM, Paula Messina wrote:
>
> > _______________________________________________
>
> Eldridge M. Moores, Ph.D., D.Sc
> Distinguished Professor Emeritus
> Vice President, International Union of Geological Sciences
> Geology Department
> One Shields Avenue
> University of California
> Davis, CA 95616-8605 USA
> Tel: 1-530-752-0352
> Email: moores at geology.ucdavis.edu
>
>
>
>
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Eldridge M. Moores, Ph.D., D.Sc
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Vice President, International Union of Geological Sciences
Geology Department
One Shields Avenue
University of California
Davis, CA 95616-8605 USA
Tel: 1-530-752-0352
Email: moores at geology.ucdavis.edu


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