On June 23, Joe Kiskis sent the following letter: Dear Assembly Member Torrico, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) supports the legislative appropriations process as the preferred means for determining funding levels for state programs. Within the context of Read More …
On June 23, Joe Kiskis sent the following letter: Dear Assembly Member Portantino, ACA 5 proposes a constitutional amendment to establish a board of trustees to govern the provision of retirement benefits to employees or retirees of the University of Read More …
On June 8, Joe Kiskis sent the following letter to the members of the Senate Budget Committee: The Honorable Denise Moreno Ducheny Chair, Senate Budget Committee Room 5035 Sacramento, CA 95814 Dear Senator Ducheny, The Council of UC Faculty Associations Read More …
On June 7, Joe Kiskis sent the following letter to select members of the Senate: The Honorable Jack Scott Member of the State Senate Sacramento, CA 95814 Dear Senator Scott, On behalf of the Council of University of California Faculty Read More …
On April 21st, over a thousand supporters of higher education held a march and rally at the Capitol to protest proposed cuts to state funding of higher education. CUCFA was there. Some of the marcher’s chants included “kick us out Read More …
On April 7th CUCFA officers spent a day personally delivering a faculty perspective on the higher education budget to the state capitol. We met with Lieutenant Governor Garamendi, Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee), and higher Read More …
The state legislature is in full swing, and, because of the current state budget situation, CUCFA’s efforts this spring have been focused on Sacramento. Since state revenue has declined significantly this year, the Governor has proposed 10% across the board Read More …
Published March 27, 2008 How to Restore the Promise Yes, California higher education is in crisis. But it’s not too late to rescue it. Most California families consider a university degree essential to their children’s security and success. Three out Read More …
On March 24th, CUCFA delivered the following letter to Senator Corbett, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, in support of SB 1696 (Yee): Dear Senator Corbett: The Council of UC Faculty Associations supports SB 1696 (Yee) as introduced February 22, Read More …
CUCFA sent the following letter to all the Regents as well as the Chairs of three Academic Senate committees, the University Committee on Faculty Welfare, the UCFW Task Force on Investment & Retirement, and the University Committee on Planning & Read More …