Dear Colleagues, We write to inform you that at UCOP’s request, the Academic Planning Council (APC) has convened a joint Senate-Administration workgroup focused on the possibility of a common systemwide semester calendar. You can see its charge, composition, and plans Read More …
CUCFA President Constance Penley participated in a UC Regent’s townhall soliciting input on the hiring of a new UC President. Here is what she said: The Council of UC Faculty Associations is an umbrella organization for each UC campus’s Faculty Read More …
We signed on to the University of California Student Association and UC Union Coalition letter to UC President Michael Drake: January 16, 2025 Dear President Michael V. Drake, In light of the recent election and the upcoming transition to a Read More …
Faculty from across the UC system — long synonymous with the Free Speech Movement — have organized to fight a systematic, illegal campaign to repress academic freedom Los Angeles, CA – Today, the Council of University of California Faculty Associations Read More …
A PDF version of the following letter is available here. August 23, 2024 Melissa Matella Associate Vice President Employee & Labor Relations University of California Melissa.Matella@ucop.edu Dear Associate Vice President Matella, UC informed us at our meeting on July 25th Read More …
August 11, 2024 President Michael V. Drake Office of the President University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Delivered via Email to: michael.drake@ucop.edu Dear President Drake, The Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) is Read More …
UC proposes adding a section to the Academic Personnel Manual’s section on Faculty Conduct and the Administration of Discipline (APM-016). Specifically, a pause on the merit and promotion process is proposed when there is even an uninvestigated allegation of misconduct. Read More …
We and 66 other organizations in signing on to a letter opposing AB-1814. The full letter, with signers organizations and singers, is available as a PDF. The text of the letter is below. Dear Assemblymember Ting: We are 67 civil Read More …
We have joined with our colleagues in UAW-4811 (representing UC’s academic student employees, postdocs, and academic researchers), the California Faculty Association (representing faculty at CSU), and numerous other allies in opposition to SB-1287, which would restrict protected free speech on Read More …
48,000 employees at the University of California represented by UAW 4811 will be voting to authorize an Unfair Labor Practice strike action from May 13-15. We don’t know the outcome of the vote yet, but we wanted to provide UC Read More …