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 operations | Oct 4, 2024 | Academic Freedom, Free Speech, UC Administration, Viewpoints Page
We write to remind you of your rights as faculty that are protected under the State of California’s Higher Education Employer-Employee Relations Act (HEERA). At a time when free speech, assembly activity, and academic freedom are being threatened across the UC system...
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...
by admin (Eric old login) | 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...
