Category Archives: Future of the University

Irvine Faculty Association information about the events of May 15th, 2024

The information below was compiled by members of the Irvine Faculty Association who were on campus near the Free Gaza encampment between the hours of 1pm and 11pm on Wednesday, May 15th, 2024 as well as those who provided jail … Continue reading

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Demanding that Chancellor Gillman retract his misleading statement and defend academic freedom

The Irvine Faculty Association (IFA) fully supports the statement from the UC-wide Council of Faculty Associations (CUCFA) about the urgency of defending academic freedom and the free speech rights of instructional faculty and students to express support for the Palestinian … Continue reading

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Report from the 2022 National AAUP Convention

Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA, of which IFA is the UC Irvine chapter) President Constance Penley attended the historic National AAUP convention on June 16-18 in Arlington, VA, as the CUCFA delegate, which meant that she had an opportunity … Continue reading

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Our Letter to UC about the Potential for Censorship of Faculty by Private Technology Providers

September 24, 2020 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, As members of the Board of the Council of UC … Continue reading

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Letter from Irvine Faculty Association regarding campus police reform – 8/7/20

The IFA Board sent the following letter to Chancellor Gillman in response to his August 6 email to the UCI community regarding policing and race at UCI. Dear Chancellor Gillman, We write as board members of the Irvine Faculty Association, … Continue reading

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CUCFA’s Letter re: the Academic Advisory Committee for the Selection of a New UC President

Below is a copy of a letter The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) sent to the chair and vice chair of the systemwide Academic Senate regarding the academic advisory committee for the selection of a new UC President. October … Continue reading

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UC abandons plans for closer affiliation with Dignity Health

We learned today that the concerted and united efforts of many (including the Faculty Association) have been successful in getting UCSF to give up on its plan to affiliate with Dignity Health. This is an especially important fight, and victory, … Continue reading

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State Senate should reject Governor’s unconstitutionally nominated Regents

You have, no doubt, seen the near constant barrage of news stories critical of the way UC has been managed — the latest being articles about the state legislature withholding funding from UC in the recently passed state budget because … Continue reading

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The $48 fix: Reclaiming California’s Master Plan for Higher Education

On Thursday, January 26, the UC Regents will consider and likely approve their budget for the University for 2017-2018. It and the Governor’s budget, to which it is closely tied, perpetuate decades of failed privatization and persistent under funding of … Continue reading

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Defense of Undocumented and other Vulnerable Categories of Students

The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) wrote the following letter to President Napolitano on November 23, 2016. ********************************* Dear President Napolitano, We applaud your timely declaration in the immediate aftermath of the election that the UC administration “remain[s] absolutely … Continue reading

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