On July 8, Robert Meister sent the following letter to UC President Yudof Dear President Yudof: The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) welcomes you to the University of California. CUCFA is an umbrella organization for individual Faculty Associations at each of the UC campuses. These are independent entities that represent the interests of faculty…
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 ACA 16, we would like to comment on the funding level for higher education that…
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 California. The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) supports the goals of fairness, open governance,…
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 (CUCFA) is gravely concerned by the modified language to the budget bill approved by the…
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 Associations (CUCFA), I write to express our support for SB 325. CUCFA believes this legislation…
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 and we’ll vote you out” and “education… liberation.” Here are a few photographs from the…
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 education specialists on the staffs of Assembly Speaker Nunez, Assemblymember Julia Brownley (chair of the…
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 cuts for 2008-9 for all state-funded programs. For UC this would be a cut of…
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 of four Californians agree that the state’s higher education system is “very important” to its…
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, 2008. This bill would prevent public institutions, including the University of California, from avoiding California…