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 | Apr 11, 2025 | Academic Freedom, Faculty Welfare and Rights, Free Speech, Viewpoints Page
Read the Amicus Brief here. April 8, 2025: Thirty faculty groups across the country have joined an Amicus Brief in support of the AAUP v. Rubio lawsuit filed in the Federal District Court in Massachusetts, which urgently seeks a preliminary injunction against...
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 operations | 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 (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) | 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...
