The SDFA Board of directors is supporting the strikes called on Nov. 15th on the UC Berkeley campus by the UCB Faculty Association, but is not calling for a strike at UC San Diego. The endorsements for the strike can be found here.
SDFA Supports the CSU Dominguez Hills and CSU Easy Bay Strikes
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 CSU Dominguez Hills on November 17. The San Diego Faculty Association, a chapter of the […]
Report from the Second Conference of the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education
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 […]