Downloads

Here you will find documents produced by the CFA, and resources from events, lectures and other activities.

Documents

• What is the CFA?
• Mission Statement
• Mission Statement vs. Union Card
• Collective Bargaining & Contingent Faculty
• Collective Bargaining & the Myth Of Pay Leveling
• Shared Governance and Collective Bargaining
• Faculty Union Basics
• Family and Medical Leave Benefits
• Frequently Asked Questions About Collective Bargaining in Higher Education
• Real Financial State of UIUC
• Three Points on Pensions [2012]
• Why Work With the AFT, IFT & AAUP?

Fliers and statements

• AAUP Censure – and what it could mean for Illinois (October 2014)
• Letter to the Provost about the definition and evaluation of “civility” in hiring, promotion and tenure (October 2014)
• Letter to Academic Human Resources about the use of extramural utterances in hiring decisions (October 2014)
• Academic Freedom, Shared Governance, and Steven Salaita (August 2014)
• Equity for Women flier (December 2013)
• Student body diversity flier (November 2013)
• Non-tenure track flier (October 2013)
• Non-tenure track flier for students (October 2013)
• Misplaced priorities flier (October 2013)
• Salary program flier (September 2013)

Unionization

Myths About Faculty Unions

Posters

• Academic freedom/Union (September 2014)
• Civility/Union (September 2014)

Resources

• Mechanics of Higher Ed Unionism (presentation by Oscar Crisalle, Feb 2014)
• Howard Bunsis presentation on UIUC finances (October 2013)
• Report on the Investigation into the Matter of Steven Salaita (Senate Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure, December 2014)
• Searchable pdf’s of the FOIA emails regarding Kilgore, Salaita, and College of Medicine (August 2015)
• Health Insurance Task Force report (UI System)

Academic Freedom, Shared Governance and the Salaita case

• AAUP Investigating Committee Report
• Committee A Recommendation for Censure

Data

• Facebook’s master research agreement with University of Illinois (2016-present)
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS) Revenue and Budget Allocations for FY2015 and FY2016 (budget modeling exercise)
• IPEDS data for University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2013-2014
• IPEDS data for University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2012-2013
• For earlier years, see the IPEDS website