Berkeley Faculty Association

At the end of March, the campus finished unifying services that used to differ across departments –– such as payroll, hiring, and expense reimbursement — completing a common administrative structure several years in the making.

A recent campus study found that women and ethnic minority faculty earn slightly lower average salaries than non-minority male faculty.

A year after taking the helm of the University of California, UC President Janet Napolitano discussed a number of issues from tuition increases to maintaining the quality of the university with student press on Tuesday.

This fall, the campus celebrates the achievements of the 1964 student movement that made Berkeley famous for extending the First Amendment’s definition of free speech to the University of California.

The Berkeley Faculty Association urged the UC Regents to divest from fossil fuels Sunday just five days before the UC Task Force on Sustainable Investing presents its recommendations to the Regents.

Student academic workers across the UC campuses will go on strike Wednesday and Thursday to protest alleged acts of unfair labor practices by UC administrators.

UC faculty and other non-unionized staff will receive a 3 percent salary increase starting July 1, under a recent directive from UC President Janet Napolitano.

We look to the Academic Senate to represent faculty interests in maintaining the integrity of UC Berkeley as first and foremost a site of research and learning. At a campus ranked best public university in the world for its academic quality, academics must come first.

The UC Board of Regents approved an action item at their meeting on July 17th to increase the rates of contributions made by the university and its faculty and staff to the UC Retirement Plan (UCRP) for the 2014-2015 school year.

Since March 20th, over 1,600 people have signed an online petition expressing “deep concerns” about a California State Senate bill requiring the state’s schools to award credit for approved online courses.