The Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE) is a new grassroots national campaign to support quality higher education. It was initiated in Los Angeles, California on January 21, 2011 by leaders of faculty organizations from 21 states. CFHE recently held its second national meeting, which SDFA Chair Ivan Evans recently attended. Read more at: http://futureofhighered.org
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SDFA faculty come out in support of student protests
SDFA faculty members came out in support of student protests on campus from November 7-9, held on several campuses in response to proposed student tuition increases that would amount to 16% uptick over the next four years. The UCSD protests, organized by several students groups including the Public Education Coalition and the People’s Assembly at UCSD, drew […]
CSU Campuses to hold strike on November 17th
On November 7th, 2011, the California Faculty Association (CFA) Board of Directors and Chapter Presidents voted to authorize a one-day faculty strike at CSU East Bay and CSU Dominguez Hills. The strike is aimed at the CSU chancellor, demanding fairness in bargaining over modest raises recommended by two different fact-finding reports. Faculty associations, labor unions and public […]
$49 Can Save the UC
Stanton Glantz, CUCFA member and Professor of Medicine at UCSF has written the following perspective on how just how little it would cost to roll back fees and maintain excellence at the University of California. $49 can save the UC Conventional wisdom says the UC and CSU funding crises is the inevitable result of recession-driven […]
Letter to President Yudof: Selection of UCSD’s Next Chancellor
SDFA President Ivan Evans has written the following letter to President Yudof with specific suggestions on improving community involvement in the selection of UCSD’s next Chancellor. As of November 2nd, the UC Office of the President has provided no response. 19 October 2011 Dear President Yudof: Re: Selection of UCSD’s Next Chancellor In keeping […]