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Committee on Committees Nominations

by David McIntosh February 15, 2019 No Comments

As you all know the Senate has called for nominations of faculty for the Committee on Committees (COC) and Systemwide Legislative Assembly. SBFA Board strongly believes in service in our senate and is particularly interested in having one of our members elected to serve in the COC and systemwide Academic Senate Assembly. Claudio Fogu (member […]

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Please Support Scholars at Risk

by David McIntosh December 14, 2018 No Comments

Dear SBFA members and colleagues, Please see the attached document for a December update and consider making an end-of-the-year contribution to the UCSB International Visiting Scholars (At Risk) Fund. Happy Holidays from the UCSB Faculty Association Executive Board!

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Introducing the UCSB Faculty Association

by David McIntosh November 14, 2018 No Comments

Dear Colleague:

The UC Santa Barbara Faculty Association welcomes you as we begin the new academic year. As many of you know, the SBFA is a voluntary, dues-supported organization comprised of Academic Senate members dedicated to the improvement of the economic status and general welfare of the UCSB faculty.

Over the past three decades the SBFA has worked hard to increase faculty salaries, to add significant health care benefits such as dental coverage, and to protect and increase retirement benefits.

In recent years, […]

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CUCFA letter in Support of Academic Freedom for University Librarians

by David McIntosh August 26, 2018 No Comments

Dear colleagues,

On July 26, 2018 UC negotiators rejected a proposal by the UC-AFT Unit 17 that academic freedom be recognized as a right of all librarians as academic employees. UC negotiators reportedly argued that academic freedom is granted only to faculty and students “to enable free expression in the classroom,” that it is “a professional standard established by faculty, for faculty,” and that their position was consistent with “AAUP’s stance on Academic Freedom.”

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has rejected UC negotiators’ claims and clarified that since 1972 it has recognized librarians as faculty (Joint Statement on Faculty Status of College and University Librarians). Specifically, the joint statement affirms that […]

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URGENT ACTION: Support Pledge for Undocumented Students at UCSB

by David McIntosh November 17, 2016 No Comments

  CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION & SHARE WITH COLLEAGUES    The Pledge: Dear UCSB Students and Employees, We, the undersigned, are UCSB faculty who stand united against acts of hate and bigotry directed at our students and fellow employees in the wake of the election of Donald Trump. Words and acts of hate […]

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The UC Santa Barbara Faculty Association (SBFA) is a voluntary, dues-supported organization comprised of Academic Senate members dedicated to the improvement of the economic status and general welfare of the UCSB faculty. We are the only organization solely dedicated to protecting and improving the faculty's basic employment rights. Over the past three decades the SBFA has worked hard to increase.

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The Council of UC Faculty Associations

  • Shared Governance and the Huron Report
  • Joint Letter in Support of Librarian Academic Freedom
  • Followup with UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement

Remaking the University

  • Announcing the Network of Concerned Academics
  • California Campus Republicans and Their Free Speech Masquerade

Keep California's Promise

  • The $66 Fix

Network of Concerned Academics

 

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