Category Archives: faculty compensation

UC Patent Amendment: To Sign or Not to Sign?

Posted on December 6, 2011 by ucsdfac

On December 1st, a University-wide email was sent out by VR Election Services on behalf of the University of California, demanding us to follow a link and sign our names to a Patent Amendment to the 1997 UC Patent Agreement. … Continue reading →

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Results from the 2011 SDFA Faculty Survey

Posted on November 22, 2011 by ucsdfac

In September 2011, the SDFA conducted an attitudinal survey of its membership over several issues relevant to the UCSD faculty. The survey was emailed to 108 members and 55 replied, yielding a response rate of 51%.  To protect the anonymity … Continue reading →

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SDFA Supports the CSU Dominguez Hills and CSU Easy Bay Strikes

Posted on November 12, 2011 by ucsdfac

Statement in Support of striking colleagues at CSU Dominguez Hills and East Bay  The California Faculty Association, which represents over 20,000 tenure-track and contingent faculty at 23 California State University campuses, will stage one-day strikes at CSU East Bay and … Continue reading →

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Einstein (brings in grant money!) vs Aristotle (what, no grant money?): which one would you hire (or fire)?

Posted on October 25, 2011 by ucsdfac

 by Ivan Evans, President, UCSD Faculty Association  Faculty at UC have long been painfully aware that their salaries lag behind pay scales at “comparable universities” across the country. And so UCOP came up with a remedy: the off-scale salary, which … Continue reading →

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* Faculty Pay Raises: EVCAA Subramani Responds

Posted on October 3, 2011 by ucsdfac

Last week, SDFA President Ivan Evans and Vice President Luis Martin-Cabrera sent a letter to EVCAA Suresh Subramani asking for clarification on the recently announced pay raises for eligible faculty.  We’re happy to report that Prof. Subramani has promptly responded:

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Letter to EVCAA Subramani on Faculty Pay Raises: Strings Attached

Posted on September 29, 2011 by ucsdfac

In an email circulated on September 16, 2011, the Office of Academic Personnel notified the University that “non-exclusively represented, eligible academic employees” would be receiving a 3% across-the-board increase in their salaries, effective November 1.  While many of us welcome … Continue reading →

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