by Admin | 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 | May 15, 2024 | Free Speech, Higher Education Protests, Viewpoints Page
The Berkeley Faculty Association applauds Chancellor Christ and the Berkeley Divest Coalition around the Free Palestine Encampment for having concluded their negotiations despite intense external pressure from the UC Regents and the Office of the President. We believe...
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 | 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 | 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...
