We write to inform you that at UCOP’s request, the Academic Planning Council (APC) has convened a joint Senate-Administration workgroup focused on the possibility of a common systemwide calendar. You can see its charge, composition, and plans here. The workgroup aims to issue its report in Spring 2025. While the charge refers to a “common” […]
Author: SDFA Staff
Important Systemwide Assembly meeting 1/17/2025
We wish to inform you of a special meeting of the systemwide Academic Senate General Assembly to be held TOMORROW, January 17, 2025, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM. The SDFA board encourages you to attend. You can register for the Zoom here and join the Zoom here. The systemwide Academic Senate Chair, Steve W. Cheung, has released […]
SDFA Suggests a Vote of NO confidence in Chancellor Khosla
The San Diego Faculty Association endorses the Senate resolution of No Confidence in Chancellor Pradeep Khosla. Our recommendation is guided by the belief that the Chancellor’s decision to call militarized police forces to disperse the student encampment and to arrest students and faculty was a dangerous and unnecessary escalation that endangered our health and safety […]
SDFA Statement on Student Protests
The San Diego Faculty Association and the undersigned faculty are shocked and outraged by UC San Diego’s decision to send riot police, including off-campus law enforcement, to arrest student protesters on May 6. Monday, on the first day of Justice in Palestine week, riot police arrested dozens of student protesters and medical personnel before any […]
Health Plan Costs: UC Union Coalition Follows Up with UCOP
We write to follow up on our message to you of October 31, 2023, in which the Council of UC Faculty Associations raised the alarm regarding the sudden, drastic increase in healthcare benefits costs to employees during Open Enrollment. 1600 faculty signed onto CUCFA’s October 30 letter protesting these increases, while an additional 400 faculty […]