Graduate students, postdocs, and other academic student employees are essential to the teaching and research mission of the University of California, especially as undergraduate enrollments rise. Given the escalating costs of living in California, 48,000 people in the UC system Read More …
August 30, 2022 Dr. Michael V Drake, President and UC RegentsUniversity of California Office of the PresidentUniversity of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th FloorOakland, CA 94607 Re: UCUC Urge Critical COVID Protections for Workers Dear President Drake and UC Regents: Read More …
August 9, 2022 The Honorable Anthony Portantino Senate Appropriations Committee, Chair California State Capitol Sacramento, CA 94249-0061 RE: Assembly Bill 2046 — SUPPORT Dear Chair Portantino, On behalf of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, I am writing to express Read More …
A report from CUCFA President Constance Penley from the National AAUP Convention: I attended the “historic” National AAUP convention on June 16-18 in Arlington, VA, as the CUCFA delegate, which meant that I had a vote on the proposed alliance Read More …
Below is a letter from Constance Penley, on behalf of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, to Professor Madeleine Sorapure, Chair of the UC Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools, in support of the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council-authored Read More …
The Governor’s Office has released the May revision to the proposed 2022-23 state budget. The summary section for Higher Ed and the data from the May budget proposal’s Higher Education section, detailing the differences between the May revision and the Read More …
We joined with our partners in the Reclaim California’s Public Higher Education Coalition to draft and sign a letter in support of AB-1602: March 20, 2022 The Honorable Kevin McCarty Assemblymember, 7th District State Capitol, Room 2136 Sacramento, CA 95814 Read More …
I write to you as President of the Council of University of California Faculty Associations to amplify a message you may have already received from the Berkeley Faculty Association. The University of California is a leader in academic excellence, innovative Read More …
We joined with our partners in the Reclaim California’s Public Higher Education Coalition to draft and sign a letter in support of AB-295: January 10, 2022 The Honorable Jose Medina Chair of the Higher Education Committee 1020 N Street, Room Read More …
This SF Chronicle opinion piece puts it sharply and succinctly: “Ronald Reagan’s ghost runs the UC system. Expect strikes until that changes.” It places the recent UC-AFT campaign in the history of declining state support for UC, beginning with Ronald Read More …