CUCFA President Robert Meister was asked to give the keynote speech at the AAUP West Coast conference this year. His one hour speech, which anticipated that the UC Regents would vote to increase student fees at their November meeting and rebuts the fee increase proposal, was recorded and is presented in four 15 minute installments…
When delivered to UC President Yudof, this letter served as a cover letter to a longer report. October 14, 2010 Dear President Yudof, On behalf of the many faculty across the UC system who are members of our constituent Faculty Associations, we write to inform you that the Council of University of California Faculty Associations…
At California’s gubernatorial debate on September 28, 2010 Capital Public Radio’s Marianne Russ asked the question we (and others, apparently, as she attributed the question to a UC student) asked her to ask during yesterday’s debate: “As Governor would you roll back all of the funding cuts to the UC, CSU and CC systems, why…
August 10, 2010 Senator Felipe Fuentes, Chair Assembly Committee on Appropriations Re: Oppose SB 969 Dear Chair Fuentes, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) opposes SB 969. Although CUCFA has a record of strong support for affordable public higher education in California, we cannot support the approach in SB 969. In the absence of…
In 2008, before the 2009 massive tuition increases at UC and CSU, students graduating from 11 public four year colleges in California graduated with more debt than students graduating from Stanford: College College Administered Debt Estimated Total Debt CSU Northridge $21,943 $44,000 CSU San Bernadino $17,872 $36,000 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo $17,848 $36,000 UC…
July 8, 2010 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger State Capitol Sacramento, CA 95816 Dear Governor Schwarzenegger: The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) respectfully requests your signature of Senate Bill (SB) 650 – an important measure that will provide University of California (UC) employees the same whistleblower protections and legal standing currently provided to California State University…
June 27, 2010 Senator Denise Moreno Ducheny, Chair Budget Conference Committee State Capitol, Room 5035 Sacramento, CA 95814 fax (916) 327-3522 Re: Support LAO compromise budget language of June 14, 2010, for Higher Education (I), page 34, issue 508; support removal of Education Code Sec. Section 92612.5 language which prohibits General Fund contributions to UCRP….
June 8, 2010 Assemblymember Ira Ruskin State Capitol P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0021 Fax: (916) 319-2121 Re: AB 1901, Support Dear Assemblymember Ruskin, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) is please to support AB 1901 as amended May 20, 2010. This bill reaffirms the essential tenets of the Master Plan: universal access, affordability…
May 11, 2010 Legislative Analyst Mac Taylor Legislative Analyst’s Office 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 Fax 916-324-4281 Dear Mr. Taylor, As the release of the May revise approaches, and the discussions that will come with it, I felt it was important to write to you about the issue of state funding for…
Abstract A group of preliminary recommendations of the UC Commission on the Future Working Groups, viewed in combination with Dean Edley’s current plan for a “cyber campus,” threaten the quality of UC undergraduate education, the right and ability of Senate faculty to safeguard educational standards, and the existence of a public university in which excellent…
