UC has now responded to the letter we sent on April 7th. The response is reprinted below: Thank you for sharing the Council of UC Faculty Associations’ letter of April 7 to President Napolitano regarding the possible restructuring of Read More …
April 13, 2015 Senator Richard Pan State Capitol Building, Room 4070 Sacramento, CA 95814 fax: 916-651-4906 Re: SB 424 (Pan) as introduced February 25, 2015 Position: Oppose Dear Senator Pan, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) strongly opposes SB Read More …
Update: The healthcare petition has been sent to President Napolitano. It generated 2, 611 signatures, the vast majority senate faculty. The original announcement and call for signatures is below: Dear Colleague, As you may be aware, the University of Read More …
Dear Colleagues, A year ago Colleen Lye and James Vernon, co-chairs of the Berkeley Faculty Association, drew the attention of faculty across the ten campuses of the University of California to the continuing degradation of their pensions, benefits and salaries. Read More …
February 18, 2015 Senators Ricardo Lara and Anthony Cannella State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95814-4900 Re: SCA 1 Position: Oppose Dear Senators Lara and Cannella, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) opposes SCA 1. While some actions of the Regents Read More …
Dear Governor Brown: The escalating crisis in higher education requires a reaffirmation of the State of California’s commitment to the Master Plan for Higher Education. As key stakeholders representing well over 2 million students, staff and faculty throughout the State’s Read More …
Discussion of state funding for and tuition at the University of California at Wednesday’s Board of Regents meeting was remarkable both for its candor and for the absence of original ideas and creative approaches from the UC leadership or the Read More …
The Council of UC Faculty Associations holds Governor Jerry Brown’s slashing of public higher education responsible for UC President Napolitano’s recent proposal to budget for 5% tuition increases every year for the next 5 years. Raising tuition is not the Read More …
The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) and the Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) announced that they have agreed to work together as partner organizations in “defense and promotion of academic freedom, shared university governance, and the Read More …
On Friday Sept. 5, Chancellor Dirks of UC Berkeley circulated an open statement to his campus community that sought to define the limits of appropriate debate at Berkeley. Issued as the campus approaches the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Read More …