A communication from the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) A UC task force appointed by President Napolitano is charged with developing a new UC Retirement Plan (UCRP) Tier 2016 for faculty and other employees hired after June 30, 2016. Under consideration are reduced benefits within UCRP and a full defined contribution alternative instead of…
Chancellor Brice Harris and Vice Chancellor Pamela D. Walker California Community Colleges, Office of the Chancellor 1102 Q St #4, Sacramento, CA 95811 Re: Supporting Timely Implementation of the Recommendations of the Chancellor’s Task Force on Accreditation, 2015 Dear Chancellor Harris and Vice Chancellor Pamela D. Walker: The Council of University of California Faculty Associations…
October 23, 2015 UC Regents’ Working Group to Develop New UC Principles Regarding Intolerance: Regent Eddie Island (chair) Regent Norm Pattiz Regent John A. Pérez Regent Bruce Varner Student Regent Avi Oved Chancellor Linda Katehi Academic Council Chair Dan Hare Vice Provost for Diversity and Engagement Yvette Gullatt. Dear Colleagues, Thank you for your service…
Dear Governor Brown, As faculty of the University of California, we are writing to urge you to sign bill SB-376, requiring the University of California compensate its subcontracted workers at the same level as those who are hired directly, that is, requiring equal pay for the same work. It is a disgrace that the University…
Below, please find the handout that we prepared for the September 26, 2015, Reclaim Higher Education Strategic Planning Conference. It is also attached as a PDF. Professor Stanton Glantz presented the information in the handout. His slides are available as well. Restoring the Promise of California’s Master Plan for Higher Education “The University of California…
The Council of University of California Faculty Associations and the American Association of University Professors write to protest the following remarks made by University of California Regent Richard Blum and then supported by Regent Hadi Makarechian during the discussion of a proposed Statement of Principles Against Intolerance at the Board of Regents meeting on September…
Professor Celeste Langan spoke on behalf of the UC Faculty Associations at Wednesday’s UC Regents meeting during the public comment period. Below is a copy of her full comments: As co-Chair of the Berkeley Faculty Association and on behalf of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, I wish to address the Regents concerning the third…
On July 6th we delivered the following letter to Senator Carol Liu, the author of SB 42, and to the members of the Assembly Higher Education Committee, who planned to discuss SB 46 July 7th. UPDATE: On July 15th, SB 42 was amended to address some, but not all, of the concerns we expressed in…
By Joe Kiskis (UC Davis) This note makes a few comments on the final UC budget for 2015-2016 and then focuses on points related to the UC Pension Plan (UCRP). To some extent, it updates previous comments here by including changes since then and information that was not available then. The 2015-16 UC Budget and…
The board of the Council of University of California Faculty Associations endorses the recent American Association of University Professors resolution on proposed actions by the Wisconsin state legislature to weaken academic freedom and shared governance in the University of Wisconsin system, which is available online and is also copied below: Resolution on Proposed Actions by…