by Michael Burawoy | Feb 22, 2021 | Commentary, Weekly
Yesterday there was an important event – Progressive Democrats of America and The Council of UC faculty associations (CUCFA of which the BFA is a member) hosted a public meeting to reclaim the California Master Plan for Higher Education in California. The meeting...
by Michael Burawoy | Feb 15, 2021 | Commentary, Weekly
Last Friday, the BFA Board met for its Winter Meeting. It was a full agenda, but here are some of the highlights. We began by welcoming two new board members: Cori Hayden (Anthropology), and Poulomi Saha (English). Eric Hays, the Executive Director of the Council of...
by Michael Burawoy | Feb 8, 2021 | Commentary, Weekly
We’d like to congratulate DIVCO on starting a conversation about what sort of university we want after COVID-19, about “the values we share about the importance of in-person participation in the academic life of the campus, and how those should guide our thinking...
by Michael Burawoy | Feb 1, 2021 | Commentary, Weekly
The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA), of which the BFA is a member, held a meeting on January 25 to strategize for a meeting with President Michael Drake on February 8. CUCFA came up with six proposals: The national conversation on tuition-free and debt-free...
by Michael Burawoy | Jan 25, 2021 | Commentary, Weekly
As the University of California plots a course forward, seeking to recover from the social and economic costs associated with the pandemic, it faces an additional challenge: recovering from the several scandals that have tarnished its reputation in Sacramento and,...
by Michael Burawoy | Jan 18, 2021 | Commentary, Weekly
A lot has happened since our last newsletter of a month ago: an invasion of the Capitol, where the Democrats now have a thin majority in the House and a tie-breaking vote in the Senate; a surging pandemic, with hospitals overflowing; continuing economic depression....
