* UCSC Signs Contract with Coursera
The SCFA learned last week that the University signed a contract with Coursera without including them in the discussion. The SCFA, as the bargaining agent for UCSC faculty, should be consulted...
View Article* Spring Forum “Online Education & UCSC: What’s next?”
Friday, April 26, 2013 – 3:15-5:00 p.m., Stevenson College, Event Center Panelists (see below) will tackle the big questions surrounding online education: How will the role of the professor change?...
View Article* Statements concerning the selection of Janet Napolitano as incoming UC...
CUCFA statement on the selection of Janet Napolitano as incoming UC President: The Council of the University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) urges brisk and open discussion within and...
View Article* CUCFA’s Letter to San Francisco City Attorney Herrera re: ACCJC suit
On August 28, CUCFA sent the following letter to San Francisco’s City Attorney Dennis Herrera: August 28, 2013 City Attorney Dennis Herrera City Hall, Room 234 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San...
View Article* Who Holds the Rights?
Faculty must defend their rights to their intellectual property, which are increasingly under threat, according to a draft report released Thursday by the American Association of University Professors…
View Article* CUCFA Concerns re: Rescission of 1989 Guidelines on University-Industry...
On July 6, 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sent the following letter to UC President Janet Napolitano in response to the June 26, 2014 announcement that she has rescinded a policy that barred the university from investing...
View Article* California public higher education coalition letter to Gov. Brown
Pasted below is the text of a union coalition letter that was sent today, December 15, 2014, to Governor Brown and other state leaders, as well as the leaders of the three higher ed systems. Dear...
View Article* Faculty Letter to Senate Executive Committee concerning the planned Silicon...
What follows is a letter from UCSC Senate faculty to the Senate Executive Committee on the topic of the administration's plan to allocate 14 FTE to a Silicon Valley campus. If you would like to add...
View Article* Report on the SCFA Budget Cut Impact Survey
Deeply concerned about the effects of UC-systemwide and campus budget cuts since 2008, in winter 2014, the Santa Cruz Faculty Association sponsored a program of Small Grants for Creative Response to...
View Article* Faculty Association Analysis of the UC Budget
The Council of University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) has released the following statement to help inform faculty about the terms and consequences of the revised budget. The May Revise...
View Article* CUCFA’s Letter to the President of Long Island University
September 7, 2016 As you may already know, three days ago, President of Long Island University Kimberly R. Cline and the Board of Trustees locked out the faculty of the LIU Brooklyn Campus. After...
View Article* CUCFA’s Statement of Principles for Choosing New University of California...
October 1, 2016 The Council of UC Faculty Associations has developed important criteria for Chancellor searches in light of the vacancies at the Davis and Berkeley campuses. ************************* A...
View Article* Saving Public Education: Public Lecture and Policy Document Release
The UCSC Faculty Association is very excited to announce a talk by Christopher Newfield, Professor at UC Santa Barbara and author of several important books on higher education, on Thursday February 2,...
View Article* 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...
View ArticleCFHE statement on the nomination of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education
The Campaign for the Future of Higher Education is trying to prevent the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. The SCFA supports this campaign and encourages colleagues to call our...
View Article* Taking a Stand Against Harassment, Part of the Broader Threat to Higher...
The Board of the UCSC Faculty Association supports the following AAUP statement which was released September 7, 2017, and is also signed by the American Federation of Teachers and the American...
View Article* Academic Analytics
UCSC entered into a contract with a company called Academic Analytics in 2013. Academic Analytics describes itself as a provider of “custom business intelligence data and solutions for research...
View Article* The $66 Fix: Restore quality and access while eliminating tuition PLUS Prop...
Below is the link to the updated version of the “$48. fix: Reclaiming California’s MASTER PLAN for Higher Education“ that was produced by the Reclaim California Higher Education coalition, which...
View Article* CUCFA call on UC’s new Center for Free Speech to call for the defeat of...
May 30, 2018 Dear President Napolitano, Chancellor Gillman, Dean Chemerinsky and Executive Director Deutchman, The Council of the University of California Faculty Associations writes to you as Chair...
View Article* Followup with UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement
Towards the end of May, CUCFA sent a letter to the leaders of UC’s new National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement, asking for their help in stopping the “Anti-Semitism Awareness Act” (ASAA)...
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