Month: May 2025

  • Letter of Support for AB 1028: Identifying Potential Risks

    As Chair of the California Part-time Faculty Association (CPFA), I want to express our sincere gratitude for your proposed legislation. Your bill represents a commendable effort to support California community college faculty and increase tenure density. However, I am writing to bring to your attention a critical issue: the proposal to advance part-time faculty into tenure-track positions may conflict with existing laws and could result in significant unintended consequences.

    CPFA Journal, Letters to the Capitol, Publications

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  • A Historic Victory: Repealing the Unjust WEP & GPO

    By  Susan Dixon, President California Retired Teachers Association (CalRTA) The journey to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) has been arduous and fraught with challenges. Yet, the dedication and perseverance […]

    CPFA Journal, Legislation, Newsworthy, Publications

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  • CPFA Endorses a One-Tier System in the California Community Colleges

    CPFA is working to achieve a basic democratic principle: Equality. CPFA seeks to eliminate the inequality faced by part-time faculty when compared to their full-time colleagues by establishing a One-Tier System in the California Community Colleges (CCC), in which faculty with the same qualifications, experience, and responsibilities are supported and compensated proportionately according to their workload. 

    CPFA Journal, Press Releases, Publications

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  • Tackling Opposition to the One-tier Vision

    Part-time parity…raising the cap…it seems like every organization and union in California has their own idea about what will make part-time faculty “more equal” to full-time faculty. Legislatively, these movements have been stopped, some by the Governor himself. Now, all of these organizations have started exploring the idea of moving away from or even eliminating the multi-tiered system. But what does it mean to be “One-Tier”? 

    CPFA Journal, Educational Reform, Publications

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  • 2025 Chair’s Report

    By John Martin, CPFA Chair Since Governor Newsom’s veto on our bill, AB 2277 last September, CPFA fell into a bit of a funk—at least I did. But we’re pushing forward now with a renewed […]

    Chair's Report, CPFA Journal, Publications

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