On August 28, CUCFA sent the following letter to San Francisco’s City Attorney Dennis Herrera: August 28, 2013 City Attorney Dennis Herrera City Hall, Room 234 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place San Francisco, CA 94102-4682 cityattorney@sfgov.org fax: (415) 554-4745 (delivered by e-mail and fax) Dear City Attorney Herrera, We applaud your quest for injunctive…
On August 21, CUCFA sent the following letter to H.E. Ambassador Mohamed M. Tawfik at the Embassy of Egypt in Washington, D.C., and to Consul General El Husseuni Abdel Wahab at the Egyptian Consulate in Los Angeles. August 21, 2013 H.E. Ambassador Mohamed M. Tawfik Embassy of Egypt 3521 International Ct. NW Washington DC 20008…
The following letter was sent to California State Senator Carol Liu and the members of the Assembly Higher Education committee on August 8th: August 8, 2013 Senator Carol Liu State Capitol, Room 5097 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 651-4925 Re: SB 195: Support — amendments suggested. Dear Senator Liu, The Council of UC Faculty Associations…
The Council of the University of California Faculty Associations (CUCFA) urges brisk and open discussion within and without the university community of the Board of Regents’ choice of Janet Napolitano to replace Mark Yudof as the new President of the University of California. We also urge Janet Napolitano to join in these discussions. She was…
The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) opposes the recent decision of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) to revoke accreditation for City College of San Francisco (CCSF). CUCFA joins the California Conference of the American Association of University Professors, the American Federation of Teachers and the California Federation of Teachers in…
On May 10th, CUCFA President Robert Meister sent the following open letter to Coursera founder Daphne Koller: Can Venture Capital Deliver on the Promise of the Public University? An Open Letter to Daphne Koller, Co-Founder and Co-President of Coursera and Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University Dear Professor Koller, Because I share your vision…
On March 8th, the Council of UC Faculty Associations sent the following letter to the Regents’ Special Committee to Consider the Selection of a President and the Academic Senate Committee that advises said committee. March 8, 2013 Sherry Lansing, Chair Regents’ Special Committee to Consider the Selection of a President University of California 1111 Franklin…
CUCFA does not yet have a position on either whether the substance of the recently modified Patent Agreement actually changes the terms of the previous agreement, nor on whether there has been sufficient consultation with the Academic Senate. Questions have been raised by several faculty, however, about both these issues. In this ongoing controversy, here…
For more information about what Propositions 30 and 38 mean for UC, read the Berkeley Faculty Association’s two page explanation of why we are recommending Yes on Proposition 30, No on Proposition 38. For information on Proposition 32, here is a link to the California League of Women Voters article about the measure and why…
September 5, 2012 Office of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax: (916) 558-3160 Re: UC Faculty Support SB 259 Dear Governor Brown, We of the Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) wish to alert you to the fact that many faculty support SB 259, which would allow UC’s…
