Categories
-
Recent Posts
- Irvine Faculty Association information about the events of May 15th, 2024
- CUCFA Statement On Campus Protests
- Demanding that Chancellor Gillman retract his misleading statement and defend academic freedom
- Sign our letter objecting to unreasonable increases in health benefit costs
- Call for the inclusion of caste within UC’s anti-discrimination policy
UC Faculty Associations
Author Archives: admin
CUCFA Governance Questionnaire, 2015
Dear Faculty Association Member, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) is working to assess recent challenges to UC faculty governance. Please write to us at outreach@cucfa.org and answer YES, NO, or I DON’T KNOW to the first 2 questions. … Continue reading
Posted in Faculty and Governance
Leave a comment
Petition to protect UC healthcare options
Update: The healthcare petition was sent to President Napolitano on April 7, 2015. It generated 2,611 signatures, the vast majority senate faculty. We hear that the plans have been postponed, perhaps indefinitely. We would like to think our efforts played … Continue reading
Continuing deterioration of compensation and benefits
A year ago, 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. Faculty were, they noted, still underpaid in relation to … Continue reading
CUCFA statement on UC’s planned tuition increases
Below please find a letter that The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA), the systemwide organization of which the Irvine Faculty Association is a member, sent today to President Napolitano and the UC Regents regarding their recent proposal to raise tuition … Continue reading
CUCFA Statement on “Civility” and Academic Freedom
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 … Continue reading
CUCFA Concerns re: Rescission of 1989 Guidelines on University-Industry Relations
On July 6, 2014, the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) sent the following letter to UC President Janet Napolitano in response to the June 26, 2014 announcement that she has rescinded a policy that barred the university from investing … Continue reading
UC Faculty Call on UC Administration To Negotiate in Good Faith with Student-Worker TA Union
Update: Thank you everyone who took a moment to sign this letter. UC and the student-worker TA union have now reached an agreement. Details of the agreement by UC and the student’s union are available on the UAW Student Worker … Continue reading
Campaign for the Future of Higher Education’s “Teaching Millions or Making Millions”
New video released by Campaign for the Future of Higher Education Questions False Promises of Online Education Industry. “Online Ed: Teaching Millions or Making Millions?” at Online Ed: Teaching Millions or Making Millions? Online Ed: Teaching Millions or Making Millions? … Continue reading
Posted in Online Education
Leave a comment
IFA supports the UAW’s campaign for a new deal for our graduate students.
UCIFA recognizes that graduate student instructors are important to the current implementation of the UC mission to provide excellent research-driven education to California undergraduates. It is essential to keep graduate instructor-led classes to a manageable and consistent size, both to ensure quality of education for undergraduates and equitable treatment for graduate students. Continue reading
The Degradation of Faculty Welfare and Compensation
We would like to bring to your attention an Op-Ed written by Colleen Lye and James Vernon, Co-Chairs of the Berkeley Faculty Association, on behalf of its Board. The article appeared in the Daily Cal on March 4, 2014, and … Continue reading
Posted in Benefits and tuition
Leave a comment