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 between the AAUP and the AFT (AFL-CIO) and six open AAUP Council seats. “AAUP Concludes…
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 UC A-G Ethnic Studies requirement. June 6, 2022 Madeleine Sorapure, Chair UC Board of Admissions…
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 January proposal (UC gets about 0.5% more than in the January proposal). Here is the…
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 RE: Reclaim Coalition Support for Assembly Bill 1602 Dear Assemblymember Kevin McCarty, The Reclaim California’s…
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 research, and advancing progressive ideals. Nonetheless, our existing health benefits for fertility treatments challenge the…
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 173 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: AB-295 – Support Dear Assemblymember Medina, Our coalition was very…
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 Reagan’s imposition of an “educational fee.”: “The result is a long-term decline in per-student funding…
Good morning! As you probably have heard, the lecturers and UC management have reached a tentative agreement and as a result UC-AFT has called off the strike. The union members have yet to ratify the contract, but it looks like this agreement is a huge victory for our lecturer colleagues, improving their job security, compensation,…
November 14, 2021 President Michael V. Drake Office of the President University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Delivered via Email to: president@ucop.edu Dear President Drake, We are again writing to you as the leadership of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, CUCFA, the systemwide organization of Senate faculty that created…
October 21, 2021 President Michael V. Drake Office of the President University of California 1111 Franklin St., 12th Floor Oakland, CA 94607 Delivered via Email to: president@ucop.edu Dear President Drake, We write to you as the leadership of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, CUCFA, the systemwide organization of Senate faculty that created the Pledge…