Joining the Santa Cruz Faculty Association
Membership Categories Explained
Membership in the Santa Cruz Faculty Association/American Association of University Professors is open to all senate faculty at UC Santa Cruz. Dues for Assistant, Associate, and Full Professors, as well as for Lecturers with Security of Employment, are based on rank and payable through payroll deduction. Emeriti faculty members may join the SCFA/AAUP by submitting a $104 payment for annual dues.
To join, please fill in and return the SCFA Membership Form (click to download pdf).
The Santa Cruz Faculty Association’s mission is to advocate for faculty. The SCFA is the only Faculty Association at the UC that also acts as a collective bargaining agent, giving it the power to negotiate with the UC Santa Cruz administration. As an affiliate of the Council of UC Faculty Associations, SCFA participates in lobbying at the state level to increase funding to the UC and to promote transparency within the UC budget. The SCFA is also a member organization of the American Association of University Professors. As such, it is a faculty organization dedicated to issues of academic freedom, equity, and self-governance. Joining the SCFA confers membership in the AAUP as well. As a dues-paying organization, the SCFA has a budget to help with events and actions faculty advocacy requires. Increased membership in the SCFA will strengthen our influence and power at UC Santa Cruz.
Member Insurance Program
The AAUP has a number of Approved Insurance Plans that may be of some benefit to individual members. Included in this affinity program are Professional Liability Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance, Customized Major Medical, Excess Major Medical Plan, and Hospital Income Plan.
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Other Member Affinity Programs
In addition to insurance, AAUP members are eligible for a no-annual fee credit card, and all members receive a subscription to AAUP’s bimonthly magazine, Academe.