Alternate Vision for the College for All Act of 2021 The One-Tier Model of Faculty Employment In the last fifty years, all of academe has adopted the two-tier model of employment for college professors. […]
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Let's Get Rid of the 'Big Lie' - A presentation by John Govsky at CPFA's Annual Conference 2021
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These adjunct faculty struggle to survive in regular times, but life in a pandemic has become even more stressful, as some colleges have cut classes and side jobs have dried up.
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This is a list of the most recent California Community College faculty contracts (collective bargaining agreements) that can be found online. This page is periodically updated; the last major revisions were made on 2/6/21. This list is maintained by John Govsky. If you know of any updates, please send John an e-mail.
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As Chair of the California Part Time Faculty Association (CPFA), I am writing to express resounding support for AB 375. Tens of thousands of faculty in the California Community College system are in dire need of improvements to their working conditions, which this bill will help to bring about. We believe that this bill is one critical element to student success.
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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 long held that full-time faculty in the California Community College system should not be allowed […]
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CPFA has always advocated for equity and fair treatment, and implicit in that mission is the responsibility to advocate for all marginalized communities. We at CPFA cannot and will not tolerate the systemic racism that […]
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GREETINGS COLLEAGUES: CPFA wanted to hear from you all to find out from PART-TIME FACULTY what is currently being done in California with regard to your working conditions with Covid -19, which is temporarily changing […]
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Fellow Adjunct-Contingent Faculty and Allies: While we are in the early stages of this pandemic, it is abundantly clear that the COVID-19 outbreak has already created the greatest disruption in American Higher […]
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CPFA Part-time Faculty Retirement Survey 2019 By David Milroy In the spring 2019 issue, CPFA posted a survey concerning part-time faculty and their knowledge of and plans for retirement. The survey consisted of 10 questions […]
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The CPFA Blog is full of articles and analyses written by and for part-time faculty, which focus on education in California, part-time faculty issues, unions and associations that have broad national appeal.
What are the basic rights of part-time faculty? Both the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights establish certain inalienable rights for all persons as employees. […]
The capitol in Sacramento is where the top-down decisions are made, affecting thousands of part-time faculty across the state. CPFA goes straight to the source; working to give a voice to thousands of part-time faculty […]
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The California Part-time Faculty Association (CPFA) has been serving nearly 40,000 part-time faculty employed in the California Community Colleges (CCC) System since 1998.
