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We’ve collected a variety of original news stories and analyses for your perusing, which focus on education in California, part-time faculty and/or unions in academia that have broad national appeal. As might be expected, we take special interest in social justice issues that slip under the radar of the mainstream media.

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The Transition to Online Teaching in the Age of Covid-19

By Carol Whaley Earlier this year, CPFA conducted a survey of part-time faculty in the California Community College system to ...

Chair’s Report

By John Martin, CPFA Chair I am sure I am not alone in feeling that the early events of the ...

A New Parity Bill Hits the California Legislature

By Carol Whaley A.B. 1269 (C. Garcia) seeks to create parity for part-time faculty of the California Community Colleges so ...

CPFA Annual Conference 2021 – A Virtual Event

Let’s Make Some ‘Good Trouble’! May 8, 2021, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm REGISTER NOW!*     Preview the Conference ...

California Community College Contracts

Visit contingentworld.com for more information. Courtesy of John Govsky ...

AB 375 Support Letter

The Honorable Assemblymember Jose Medina Higher Education Committee, Chair State Capitol, Room 2141 P.O. Box 942849 Sacramento, CA 94249-0061 February ...

Update on AB 897: Raising the 67% Cap

Despite sailing through the Senate subcommittee on higher ed unopposed and having broad bipartisan support in both chambers, AB 897 ...

Federal Court Grants San Diego Community College District Immunity to Abuse Part-time Faculty with Impunity

At a time when the United States’ Commander in Chief tacitly endorses racist groups, when he delights in name-calling against ...
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CPFA RESOLUTION AGAINST FULL-TIME FACULTY TEACHING OVERLOADS IN THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM Background: The California Part-time Faculty Association has ...

Chair’s Report Fall 2020

The year 2020 has been a rollercoaster ride, not least of all for those of us who teach at one ...

The Impact of COVID-19 on Part-Time Faculty

By David Milroy, Carol Whaley, and Alexis Moore The California Part-Time Faculty Association (CPFA) sent out a survey to part-time ...

Why Adjuncts Deserve Unemployment Compensation and How They Can Get It

By Keith Hoeller Why are teachers the only professionals routinely denied unemployment when they are not working? Though our nation’s ...