by admin (Eric old login) | Oct 9, 2025 | Academic Freedom, Faculty Welfare and Rights, Free Speech, UC Administration, Video Clips, Viewpoints Page
The UCOP release of faculty, staff and student names to the federal Office of Civil Rights, made public by UCB’s decision to notify the 160 named, has raised a host of questions about the reality and resilience of academic freedom in UC classrooms. BFA, UC-AFT, and...
by admin (Eric old login) | 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 (Eric old login) | 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 (Eric old login) | 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 (Eric old login) | 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...
