CUCFA President Robert Meister was asked to give the keynote speech at the AAUP West Coast conference this year. His one hour speech, which anticipated that the UC Regents would vote to increase student fees at their November meeting and Read More …
When delivered to UC President Yudof, this letter served as a cover letter to a longer report. October 14, 2010 Dear President Yudof, On behalf of the many faculty across the UC system who are members of our constituent Faculty Read More …
August 10, 2010 Senator Felipe Fuentes, Chair Assembly Committee on Appropriations Re: Oppose SB 969 Dear Chair Fuentes, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) opposes SB 969. Although CUCFA has a record of strong support for affordable public higher Read More …
July 8, 2010 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95816 Dear Governor Schwarzenegger: The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) respectfully requests your signature of Senate Bill (SB) 650 – an important measure that will provide University of California Read More …
June 27, 2010 Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny, Chair Budget Conference Committee State Capitol, Room 5035 Sacramento, CA 95814 fax (916) 327-3522 Re: Support LAO compromise budget language of June 14, 2010, for Higher Education (I), page 34, issue 508; support Read More …
June 8, 2010 Assemblymember Ira Ruskin State Capitol P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0021 Fax: (916) 319-2121 Re: AB 1901, Support Dear Assemblymember Ruskin, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) is please to support AB 1901 as amended May Read More …
May 11, 2010 Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor Legislative Analyst’s Office 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax 916-324-4281 Dear Mr. Taylor, As the release of the May revise approaches, and the discussions that will come with it, I Read More …
Abstract A group of preliminary recommendations of the UC Commission on the Future Working Groups, viewed in combination with Dean Edley’s current plan for a “cyber campus,” threaten the quality of UC undergraduate education, the right and ability of Senate Read More …
UC Berkeley professor of political science Wendy Brown was among the more than 200 Berkeley faculty members who traveled to Sacramento on March 4. A co-chair of the Berkeley Faculty Association, she gave the following address on the capitol steps Read More …
January 8, 2010 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger California Legislature State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814 To Legislators and the Governor: How much will it cost us to restore public higher education in California? Raising revenue has become such a taboo subject in Read More …