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  • CPFA Annual Spring Conference April 11, 2020 – CANCELLED

    Official Notice: CPFA’s 2020 Spring Conference has been cancelled due to the emergency closure of its venue, Diablo Valley College, to protect students and faculty from potential coronavirus (COVID-19) exposure. Whether the conference will be […]

    2020-02-01Events, Statewide Symposiums and Conferences

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    AGAINST TENURISM by Keith Hoeller

    AGAINST TENURISM appeared as a feature article in the CPFA Journal, Fall 2017 edition. Access the full journal online here. In my book Equality for Contingent Faculty: Overcoming the Two-Tier System (Vanderbilt University Press, 2014) (Read more […]

    2018-02-12CPFA Journal

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  • Parity in California Community Colleges

    The fall 2015  CPFA Journal  contains a long article that explains the history of pay parity achieved by the 72 California community college districts, from 1985 to 2013 (the last year for which we have […]

    2015-10-15California Community Colleges

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  • Part-time Faculty activism and job loss: The fightback landscape

    I have been wondering about how to develop a system, nationwide or statewide, that would serve as some sort of a -shield for activists who are facing harassment, termination or pressures at their home institution(s). […]

    2015-10-12Activism in Education

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  • Article alleges CalSTRS is the biggest investor in an East Bay Real Estate empire that evicts people

    Part-time faculty should be concerned about this newly released investigative piece, published yesterday in the East Bay Express.  It alleges that a real estate network called Lone Star has been busy evicting people in Oakland […]

    2015-10-07Academia & Class

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  • CPFA’s Letter to NACIQI

    CPFA’s Letter to The National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity (NACIQI) asks the Department of Education NOT to reauthorize the authority of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) to act as […]

    2015-09-29Part-time Faculty Accreditation

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  • Podcast from Chris Newfield

    Chris blogs at XXX.href=”http://utotherescue.blogspot.com/”> He has recently spoken at length to CS Soong at KPFA and I recommend this podcast! https://kpfa.org/episode/against-the-grain-september-1-2015/

    2015-09-29Newsworthy

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  • CPFA Journal now circulating in print and electronically

    The spring 2015 issue contains an important article by Bradley Rettele on his decision to leave academia, even though he only took one sick day in 11 years, was never late and filled his classes […]

    2015-06-09Newsworthy, Press Releases

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  • Legislative UPDATE: New Part-time Faculty Seniority Bill in the Works

    AB1010 (Medina) CPFA is carefully watching the progress, amendments and lobbying action on this bill, meant to strengthen  Part-time Faculty  job security.  Jose Medina, the sponsor of this bill, is the Chair of the Assembly […]

    2015-05-29Newsworthy

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  • National Adjunct Walkout Day Action in Sacramento

    Please join part-time faculty and allies for a day of action at the state Capitol building on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 11 am. The gathering, based on an idea from California Part-Time Faculty Association […]

    2015-02-05Activism in Education

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  • Freeway Fliers Documentary Being Made

    Freeway Fliers: A Documentary about Higher Education’s Best Kept Secret is an upcoming film by Brad Rettele, Professor X and Professor Y, the latter two being anonymous adjuncts involved in the project. The film promises […]

    2014-12-17Newsworthy

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  • Reflections on COCAL XI

    Thanks to the convergence of generous funding from CCCI and the support of De Anza’s VP for Instruction who finds value in the Faculty Association’s members being as up-to-date on bargaining issues as possible, I […]

    2014-12-15Commentary, Events

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  • CPFA Supports National Adjunct Walkout Day

    California Part Time Faculty Association (CPFA) supports National Adjunct Walkout Day (NAWD): “On February 25, 2015 adjuncts across the country will come together to insist on fair wages and better working conditions.” On that day, […]

    2014-11-22Academic Solidarity, Activism in Education

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  • Interview: National Adjunct Walkout Day

    by Marnie Webster | 1 November 2014 Interest has skyrocketed regarding an anonymous call to action made via Facebook on October 1st. The post states simply that “adjuncts across the country will come together” next […]

    2014-11-07Activism in Education

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  • National Adjunct Walkout Day Is Everyone’s Plan

    28 October 2014 National Adjunct Walkout Day (NAWD) is on the tip of many adjuncts’ tongues, as well it should be. Such an action is long overdue. On Twitter, FaceBook, listservs, and the new NAWD […]

    2014-10-30Activism in Education

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