by admin (Eric old login) | Nov 17, 2023 | Academic Freedom, Free Speech, Viewpoints Page
Dear Members We wish to inform you that further to the earlier statement by the Board of the Berkeley Faculty Association on Academic Freedom and Palestine, CUCFA, the umbrella organization of Faculty Associations across the UC system, has written this letter to...
by admin (Eric old login) | Nov 2, 2023 | Academic Freedom, Free Speech, Viewpoints Page
Photo credit: Anita Liu/The Daily Californian Dear colleagues,The Berkeley Faculty Association is deeply alarmed at the chilling climate that undermines the academic freedom of instructional faculty, and the free speech rights of the rest of our campus community, to...
by admin (Eric old login) | Oct 30, 2023 | Faculty Welfare and Rights, UC Administration, Viewpoints Page
Below is a letter the Council of UC Faculty Associations sent to UC President Michael Drake and the UC Regents objecting to healthcare benefit costs to employees increasing by 15% to 193%, depending on plan and coverage. After the original letter was sent, CUCFA...
by James Vernon | Apr 23, 2023 | California in Crisis, Faculty Welfare and Rights, Financing Public Higher Ed, Students and Costs, The Future of the University, Viewpoints Page
It’s Spring Break, finally. And I am sick. Again. Being sick over Spring Break has become a regular feature of my working life at UC Berkeley over the past decade. It may be just that I am getting old and my body can no longer sustain the intensity of work it...
by admin (Eric old login) | Dec 14, 2022 | Faculty Welfare and Rights, Viewpoints Page
As we enter the examination period in the fifth week of the multi-unit UAW strike, uneven flows of information, with competing understandings of the law, have left many faculty unsure about their rights to withhold grades and the potential impact of doing so on...
