CFA Resolutions & Statements

Let’s talk about the irony of the CSU advancing a new admissions requirement for quantitative reasoning that is prohibitive to student access while pushing against Ethnic Studies that is conducive to student of color success, in fact to all student success. 

Let’s put this in historical context.  We know, based on CFA’s Equity Interrupted paper, we have a pattern of diminished financial support for the CSU once demographics changed.  In short, once those students became students of color, and as we got less white, we got less money. 

SACRAMENTO — The California Faculty Association (CFA) issued the statement below on behalf of Charles Toombs – CFA President and professor of Africana Studies at San Diego State University– following today’s announcement that CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White will retire in June:

Recently the New York Times reported that the Federal Office of Health and Human Services is considering a change in the way gender is recorded under federal law.  These are not the first signs that the current administration is hostile to LGBTQI individuals, but this would be an intentional and determined effort to strip Trans, Gender Non-Conforming, Two Spirit, and Intersex individuals of their federal protections against discrimination. 

Dear Chancellor White and Trustees:

As we start the new academic year we want to recognize the tremendous effort that faculty, staff, and students made on behalf of increasing the CSU budget for 2018-19.

The success of that amazing effort also leads us to insist that you and the campus presidents not only use good judgment and transparency in how you spend those new dollars, but also that you faithfully fulfill the intent of the Legislature in doing so.

The following testimony was presented as part of a hearing panel by Sharon Elise, CFA Associate Vice President South- Council for Affirmative Action. Dr. Elise is a professor and chair of sociology at CSU San Marcos

Good morning Chair Berman and members of the Committee.