From Ricardo Dominguez, UCSD Professor of Visual Arts: The social movement known as Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is growing and raising issues of direct relevance to the faculty, students and staff of the University of California, including contracting opportunities and increasing debt loads for our students created by a system of privatized education and a […]
SDFA Members Attend Occupy San Diego
Several SDFA members made their voices heard at Occupy San Diego, which began on Friday October 7th and has continued through the weekend. Organized in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement, and in response to historic levels of corruption, abuse and economic disparity, Occupy San Diego is now based at the San Diego Civic […]
AAUP Supports the Occupy Wall Street Movement
In a statement posted on Friday, October 7th, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), SDFA’s parent organization, formally put their support behind the Occupy Wall Street movement. Several SDFA members have also personally supported the movement by participation in the Occupy San Diego event the same day. The AAUP statement was as follows:
* New Forum on the Future of Public Higher Education
CSU Long Beach Professor of Asian Studies Teri Shaffer Yamada has set up a useful forum on the restructuring of public higher education in the face of drastic state and federal budget cuts and a move toward privatization. Comments and guest blog entries are encouraged.
* Faculty Pay Raises: EVCAA Subramani Responds
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: