As the Fall 2025 term comes to a close, we pause and review the Faculty Rights Tips we have offered over the last few months. The following links will take you to our Fall 2025 Faculty Rights Tips: 

  1. August 21: What Does “Seven Weeks to File a Grievance Against CSU Management” Mean, in Practice?   
  1. August 28: How to Challenge Workload Creep Amid Manufactured Austerity
  1. September 4: Because We Are Unionized Faculty – Retention, Tenure, and Promotion (RTP) are Processes, not Popularity Contests
  1. September 11: I Have Health and Safety Concerns About Where I Work on Campus. What Are My Rights? 
  1. September 18: I am a Lecturer/ Counselor/ Librarian/ Coach on a “Temporary Contract”: What Should My Appointment Letter Include? 
  1. September 25: Defending Ourselves as Academic Freedom is Under Attack  
  1. October 2: Can I Stop a Meeting with an Administrator if I Feel Uncomfortable?  
  1. October 9: Our Contract Protects Your Bodily Integrity! You Have the Right to Adequate Restrooms and Lactation Spaces on Campus 
  1. October 16: I Filed a Grievance That I No Longer Want to Pursue. Do I Need to Do Anything?  
  1. October 23: Personal Holiday 
  1. October 30: Writing Rebuttals to Evaluations  
  1. November 6: What is “Assigned Time for Exceptional Levels of Service to Students”?  
  1. November 14: Sabbatical Leaves 
  1. November 20: Know Your Rights to Expanded Parental Leave, and Different Ways to Take It 
  1. December 4: Defending Our Rights in Authoritarian Times                

Want to learn more? Become active with your local CFA chapter Faculty Rights team. Find your representative here.  

  • Browse the faculty contract here. 
  • See an archive of Faculty Rights Tips. 
  • If you have questions about a faculty rights tip or would like to suggest a tip, please write us with the subject line “Faculty Rights Tip.” 
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