The executive board of the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) joins the executive board of the California Conference of the American Association of University Professors to express unconditional support for the just demands of our colleagues and friends of the Union of Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE-CWA) and American Federation of State, County, and […]
CA-AAUP and CUCFA Issue Joint Statement in Support of UC Workers
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Dan Clawson, discusses the dangers of the two-tier faculty system, Monday, April 8, 12-1.30p.m., Barrows 402
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Commentaries on the future of academic freedom from the April 3, 2019 BFA/UC-AFT hosted panel discussion
BFA and UC-AFT co-sponsored panel discussion on April 3, 2019, concerning the past, present and future of academic freedom, featuring Joan Scott and Hank Reichman, with commentary from UCB librarian I-Wei Wang, UCB lecturer Khalid Kadir, and UCB faculty member Wendy Brown. A packed audience listened to what academic freedom has meant to different groups, […]
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Letter from Dean Henry Brady concerning the Upper Hearst Project
Dear Michael: I thought it might be useful to provide you with some background about the Upper Hearst Project. It is, of course, helpful and important to raise questions about projects to make sure that they are viable and worthwhile. None of us want a repetition of past difficulties. GSPP welcomes scrutiny, because GSPP believes […]
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Notes from Dan Clawson’s Lecture “The Two-Tier Faculty System: Is it Here to Stay?”
Sponsored by the Berkeley Faculty Association, the Berkeley UC-AFT (Representing Lecturers and Librarians), UC Student-Workers Union (UAW 2865), the Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, and the Berkeley Sociology Forum Framing the two-tier system: The big issues are increasing costs and debt for students The erosion of tenure through the rise of contingent faculty. […]
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University of California must allow faculty to boycott Israel in academia – Daily Cal Op-Ed
THE DAILY CALIFORNIAN February 19, 2019 By Michael Burawoy, Paul Fine, gillian Hart, Lyn Hejinian, Celeste Langan, Christine Rosen, Leslie Salzinger and James Vernon On Dec. 13, the 10 UC chancellors took the unusual step of signing a collective statement that opposed the “academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions and/or individual scholars” as being a […]
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Overview of P3 Literature for the BFA, by Tyler Leeds
Please send any questions or comments to Tyler Leeds, tyler_leeds@berkeley.edu This report contains summaries of academic articles, white papers, and journalistic pieces focused on P3s, with a special emphasis on their relevance to higher education. The authors surveyed maintain that while the financial climate has made P3s attractive, they come with a number of risks. […]
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Choosing the Next UC President, by Chris Newfield Nov 13, 2019
It’s November 2020, a year from now. Everyone has noticed one big change. The Democrats have taken back the White House. It turns out that the Warren—Sanders ticket did better than the polls had predicted . . . 🙂 Less noted is the arrival of a new UC president, who starts her mandate by doing […]
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The Good University – Panel Discussion: Raewyn Connell with Raka Ray, Khalid Kadir and Erwin Chemerinsky 3/4/20 6-8pm 402 Barrows Hall
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President Napolitano, please extend striking student health insurance for COVID-19
CUCFA, The Council of UC Faculty Association, of which BFA is the UC Berkeley chapter, sent the following letter to President Napolitano on March 14, 2020: Dear President Napolitano, The Faculty Organizing Group at UCSC has just issued a very important letter to UCSC’s EVC Kletzer (copied below) in which they call for an act […]
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