On behalf of the SDFA and CUCFA, President Ivan Evans attended the second Conference of the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education (CFHE) on 4-6 November 2011 at the U. Massachusetts at Boston. Here’s his brief report on the meeting: Approximately 80-100 representatives from 17 states attended the gathering. Almost all participants attended in their capacity as a […]
Support the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education!
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
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 […]