An Independent Senate Faculty Union
An Independent Senate Faculty Union
In December 2016 the university proposed a cap on summer school salaries, and the SCFA began bargaining on the issue. We first succeeded in getting the university to agree not to implement proposed changes in Summer 2017. Bargaining on the…
The SCFA is pleased to announce that the University’s contract with Academic Analytics (AA), a private firm that contracts with universities to manage a range of data, including faculty research productivity and other material used in the personnel and resource…
The Campaign for the Future of Higher Education is trying to prevent the confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. The SCFA supports this campaign and encourages colleagues to call our senators (phone numbers below). As well, please forward…
On Thursday, January 26, the UC Regents will consider and likely approve their budget for the University for 2017-2018. It and the Governor’s budget, to which it is closely tied, perpetuate decades of failed privatization and persistent under funding of…
The UCSC Faculty Association is very excited to announce a talk by Christopher Newfield, Professor at UC Santa Barbara and author of several important books on higher education, on Thursday February 2, 2017: “After the Great Mistake: Fixing Public Universities in…