July 20, 2012 Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 558-3160 Re: University of California pension reform: already completed Dear Governor Brown, I write to convey the position of the Council of UC Faculty Associations that the University of California has already completed exemplary, responsible, and…
by Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations and Professor of Political and Social Thought, UC Santa Cruz This week’s budget endgame presents leaders in the Senate and Assembly with a rare opportunity to stand up for the California Master Plan for Higher Education by challenging the financial incentive that UC campuses now have…
June 13, 2012 Vice Provost Susan Carlson 1111 Franklin St., 11th Fl. University of California Oakland, CA 94607 Re: Support for proposed changes to APM 010 and 015 Opposition to the proposed change to APM 016 Dear Vice Provost Carlson, The Council of UC Faculty Associations strongly supports the proposed additions to the Academic Personnel…
UC President Mark Yudof and Governor Jerry Brown are working out a deal behind closed doors that will loosen the most important ties between the university and the state. Although they will both praise the deal by saying that it “stabilizes” funding while granting greater “flexibility,” its essence is that each will let the other…
Refund Students, Not Wall Street Years into a crisis caused by Wall Street, the One-Percent owes a tremendous debt to students. California has an opportunity in this year’s state budget to pay back this debt to the next generation of students. The corporate elite have more than made back their money, largely by winning tax breaks…
Approximately two dozen UC Berkeley faculty will join the “99 Mile March for Education and Social Justice” on Friday, March 2nd. The march departs Oakland on Thursday, March 1st, and will arrive in Sacramento on Monday March 5th for a rally on behalf of public education at the State Capitol Building. UC Berkeley faculty will…
December 27, 2011 Governor Jerry Brown c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 445-2841 Fax: (916) 558-3160 Dear Governor Brown, I note that the one year anniversary of David Crane’s appointment to the UC Board of Regents approaches. Having failed to win confirmation of the Senate, Crane’s appointment will soon be voided,…
November 27, 2011 President Mark G. Yudof University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Fax: (510) 987-9086 Dear President Yudof, The Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) protests your decision to hire the Kroll Security Group, and its Chairman William Bratton, to conduct what you call an independent investigation…
This week, we have seen excessive force used against non-violent protesters at UC Berkeley, UCLA, CSU Long Beach, and UC Davis. Student, faculty and staff protesters have been pepper-sprayed directly in the eyes and mouth, beaten and shoved by batons, dragged by the arms while handcuffed, and submitted to other forms of excessive force. Protesters…
The Council of UC Faculty Associations has endorsed the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE). CFHE has released the following statement of support for public employees in Ohio: An injury to one is an injury to all. So, too, with a victory for one. We are ALL Ohio. The Campaign for the Future…