by admin | May 3, 2024 | Free Speech, Student Protests, Viewpoints Page
We write to strongly condemn the violent repression of peaceful protests by students across the country, including, alarmingly, at our sister campus UCLA. Over 2,000 students, and many faculty, have now been arrested at encampments across the country, even though 99%...
by admin | Apr 1, 2024 | Academic Freedom, Compensation, Financing Public Higher Ed, The Future of the University, UC Administration, Viewpoints Page
Congratulations on your appointment as Chancellor. You have been selected by a process that affords little role to faculty, or any other group of employees on campus. The people hiring you have little experience of the campus you will lead. Here is what you need to...
by admin | Mar 15, 2024 | Shared Governance, UC Administration, Viewpoints Page
The Council of UC Faculty Associations, the statewide organization of faculty associations of which the Berkeley Faculty Association is a member, wrote to the UC Regents objecting to their ongoing interference in Senate faculty’s delegated authority, this time in the...
by admin | Feb 12, 2024 | Shared Governance, UC Administration, Viewpoints Page
The Council of UC Faculty Associations, the statewide organization of faculty associations of which the Berkeley Faculty Association is a member, wrote to the UC Regents objecting to their proposed new website policy. Dear UC Regents, At its meeting on January 24, the...
by admin | Dec 15, 2023 | Compensation, UC Administration, Viewpoints Page
Dear Chancellor Christ, We write to express our dismay at the continued serious delays to merit and promotion cases for Senate faculty and our lack of confidence in the office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs. A decade ago, when the campus was dealing with a...
