UC Lecturer and Librarian Survey Results

PART I

Regarding your overall preference for UC to bid or not for continued management of the two nuclear weapons laboratories (Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore), please read options A, B, and C below and then select the position that best represents your opinion. You will be given an opportunity to explain your choice in more detail in Part II.

1. Please choose one position from the three presented below.	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
A. I SUPPORT bidding by the University of California for the contracts to continue management of the two nuclear weapons laboratories.	55	35%
B. I OPPOSE bidding by the University of California for the contracts to continue management of the nuclear weapons laboratories.	86	55%
C. I DO NOT WISH TO TAKE A POSITION regarding whether the University of California should bid for the contracts to continue management of the nuclear weapons laboratories.	15	10%
Total	156	100%

PART II

What arguments influenced you in taking a position for or against bidding, or in not taking a position? Please select your answers from only one section, in correspondence with your answer in Part I.

2. Some of the reasons for opposing a bid are as follows. Please click all that influenced your opinion.	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
In today's globalized world, nuclear weapons threaten rather than increase our national security. As a public university, UC's mission is to promote collaborative win-win rather than competitive zero-sum security models. The Cold War mission of the nuclear weapons laboratories is fundamentally incompatible with the forwardlooking mission of the University of California.	89	82%
The complexity of the management arrangements among UC, the federal government, and the laboratories are such that successful, relatively trouble-free management will always be unattainable.	24	22%
Given the 60-year history of UC's management of the laboratories as a public service to the nation, UC should not be required to bid to maintain the management contracts.	12	11%
Collaborations between UC faculty and students and the laboratories can occur without UC being the laboratories' manager.	26	24%
Management of the laboratories requires inordinate attention from the Office of the President that should be directed toward management of the campuses.	34	31%
The UC name and reputation are devalued by their association with the nuclear weapons laboratories.	61	56%
Other	14	13%

3. Some of the reasons for supporting a bid are as follows. Please click all that influenced your opinion.	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
Management of the nuclear weapons laboratories is an historic obligation of public service that UC should uphold.	31	46%
Nuclear weapons are crucial for U.S. national security, and the condition of the U.S. nuclear stockpile requires the best scientific underpinning possible, which is a capability of UC management.	26	38%
The benefits to the nation of the nonclassified research conducted at the laboratories are worthy of UC leadership.	50	74%
The benefits to UC faculty and students in regard to opportunities for research collaboration are highly valuable.	40	59%
Separation of laboratory personnel from the UC retirement system could weaken benefits to UC faculty.	11	16%
The UC name enhances the laboratories' efforts to recruit the best scientists and other employees.	26	38%
Other	11	16%

4. Some of the reasons for not taking a position are as follows. Please click all that influenced your opinion.	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
I am not well enough informed to offer advice.	12	50%
The decision to bid or not has no personal or professional impact on me.	3	13%
I don't believe the Regents will respect the opinion of the UC lecturers.	12	50%
I am not interested in these issues.	0	0%
Other	4	17%

PART III

Separate bids will likely be required for Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. The bid for Los Alamos will come first. In your opinion, UC should (select one):

5.	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
Submit no bid for either laboratory.	87	58%
Submit bids to continue to manage both laboratories.	52	34%
Submit a bid only for Los Alamos.	2	1%
Submit a bid only for Lawrence Livermore.	10	7%
Total	151	100%

PART IV

Irrespective of the preference you indicated in Parts I, II and III, in the nine sections that follow please indicate your opinion regarding the conditions that should prevail if UC were to continue management of the two nuclear weapons laboratories.

6. In weighing criteria for judging the bids, and for subsequently judging how well the labs are managed, the Department of Energy should give highest priority to the quality of the science and technology at the laboratories.	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
Strongly Disagree	5	3%
Somewhat Disagree	5	3%
Don't Know / Unsure	16	11%
Somewhat Agree	34	24%
Strongly Agree	84	58%
Total	144	100%

7. Responsibility for security, environmental health and safety, and business practices at the laboratories should be delegated to industry business partners.	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
Strongly Disagree	63	41%
Somewhat Disagree	30	20%
Don't Know / Unsure	42	27%
Somewhat Agree	14	9%
Strongly Agree	4	3%
Total	153	100%

8. The Academic Senate should not have any role in UC oversight of management of the laboratories.	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
Strongly Disagree	52	34%
Somewhat Disagree	45	30%
Don't Know / Unsure	30	20%
Somewhat Agree	13	9%
Strongly Agree	12	8%
Total	152	100%

9. UC faculty should provide input to the personnel process at the laboratories concerning appointments and critical advancements.	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
Strongly Disagree	10	7%
Somewhat Disagree	13	9%
Don't Know / Unsure	35	23%
Somewhat Agree	52	34%
Strongly Agree	42	28%
Total	152	100%

10. Along with the longstanding responsibility of the Los Alamos National Laboratory to design nuclear weapons, the recent undertaking of manufacturing some nuclear weapons components is an appropriate activity.	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
Strongly Disagree	93	61%
Somewhat Disagree	20	13%
Don't Know / Unsure	19	12%
Somewhat Agree	19	12%
Strongly Agree	2	1%
Total	153	100%

11. Funds available for the support of mutual UC-laboratory research collaborations should be increased significantly from the present status.	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
Strongly Disagree	38	25%
Somewhat Disagree	13	9%
Don't Know / Unsure	61	41%
Somewhat Agree	28	19%
Strongly Agree	10	7%
Total	150	100%

12. UC should insist that free and open inquiries are permitted and whistleblowers protected in the nuclear weapons laboratories, even though much of the research there is classified and many of the research goals are mandated by the federal government.	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
Strongly Disagree	2	1%
Somewhat Disagree	6	4%
Don't Know / Unsure	6	4%
Somewhat Agree	33	22%
Strongly Agree	105	69%
Total	152	100%

13. The appropriate role of the nuclear weapons laboratories is to implement policy that has been determined by Congress, whatever that policy may be, and UC should not seek a better position from where to influence more effectively national policies related to nuclear weapons and the work at the laboratories.	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
Strongly Disagree	53	35%
Somewhat Disagree	41	27%
Don't Know / Unsure	30	20%
Somewhat Agree	17	11%
Strongly Agree	9	6%
Total	150	100%

14. UC management should continue to be offered as a matter of public service, on a "no-cost/no gain" basis (i.e., not for profit).	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
Strongly Disagree	24	16%
Somewhat Disagree	20	13%
Don't Know / Unsure	36	24%
Somewhat Agree	27	18%
Strongly Agree	44	29%
Total	151	100%

PART V

Please check all that apply (one choice per section).

15. Title	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
Lecturer	96	62%
Other	60	38%
Total	156	100%

16. Gender	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
Male	71	46%
Female	85	54%
Total	156	100%

17. Area of Academic Interest	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
Humanities/Arts	63	40%
Social Sciences	36	23%
Science/Engineering	34	22%
Professional School	9	6%
Other	14	9%
Total	156	100%

18. Campus Location	Number of Responses	Response Ratio
UC Berkeley	28	18%
UC Davis	31	20%
UC Irvine	17	11%
UC Los Angeles	31	20%
UC Merced	0	0%
UC Riverside	10	6%
UC San Diego	7	4%
UC San Francisco	2	1%
UC Santa Barbara	5	3%
UC Santa Cruz	25	16%
Total	156	100%

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