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CPFA News - Past Editions

Announcements
California Raises Ceiling on Part Timers’ Work - Scott Jaschik
Text of AB 591, raising the part-time load to 67%

Statewide Part-time/Full-time Salary Comparison Table; Spring 2007
Surehealth
Consumer Health Choice Association plans for protecting health and finances
Wall of Fame
Groups and Individuals who have Demonstrated their Support for Faculty/Student Equity by Endorsing AB 591
Retirement Primer
Download the August 2007 version of Cliff Liehe's handbook for California Community College Part-time Faculty

Postings from Part-time Faculty Organizations

Miracosta Community College Part-time Faculty
MiraCosta Associate Faculty Contract Ratification Vote 2008

Resources for Activists
Equal Pay for Equal Work for Part time Faculty Blog; - Mike Dixon
Table of Release Time by California Community College District
California Community College Contracts and Union Reps (Negotiators)
COCAL-CA - The Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor - California
Higher Education Listservs
A Guide to Acronyms and Organizations in Higher Education
The California Ed Code; Indexed and on-line version
California State Legislators
Community Colleges & Unions
General Academic Resources
Unemployment Benefits - Your rights and responsibilities

Reports
Twelve District Adjunct Salary Comparison - History - a 76k Word document

Part-time Insurance Benefits by Community College District - (updated 11/20/2004)
A Chronic Problem by Martin Goldstein

Part-time Faculty Compensation Fund Report - (110 k file) - April 1, 2004 by Chris Storer

Statewide Part-time/Full-time Salary Comparison Chart
(Fall 2005 with Union Affiliation, Health Insurance, and Office Hour Comparisons)

Adjunct Instructors, the Burros of Academia - by Burton Fletcher

Important Legislators - by Jonathan Lightman - California legislators on key education committees

Defining the Professional Expectations of Faculty - by Jane Buck

Remarks on "Defining the Professional Expectations of Faculty" - by Chris Storer

The Parity Disparity - by Martin Goldstein

Why I won't meet with you outside of class

Why 100% Pro-rata pay

Community College Part-time Faculty Unemployment Compensation Handbook
html format - .rtf format

Retirement Primer
August 2007 version of Cliff Liehe's handbook for California Community College Part-time Faculty - a .pdf file

A proposal to abolish the part-time faculty system in the California Community Colleges
by Lantz Simpson

10 Best Practices among California Community Colleges

How can I get involved?
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