Moving up the ladder means dealing with endless bureaucracy. For many, it’s not worth it. THE REVIEW By Paula Rabinowitz, JANUARY 27, 2021 “Sustained rejection of a total institution often requires sustained orientation to its formal […]
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When most people think of part-time (or adjunct) professors, they conjure up the image of someone with a full-time job and benefits in the private sector who chooses to teach an occasional evening class. While […]
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How Social Security Offsets Harm Community College Faculty Presentation by Jennifer Baker – Legislative Advocate, California Retired Teachers AssociationFACCC Part-time Faculty Conference, November 19, 2021
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California has long prided itself on its community college system, with some 73 districts serving over 400,000 students each year. In recent decades, the state has seen two-year colleges as a means to balance the unequal […]
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California Part-time Faculty Association Endorses the following Vision The One-Tier Model of Faculty Employment Context: The College for All Act of 2021, has been heralded as “the most substantial federal investment in higher education in […]
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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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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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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.
