PRESS RELEASE The California Part Time Faculty Association (CPFA) announces that it will be co-sponsoring the new “Part-time Faculty Teaching Load” bill, AB 897 along with the California Federation of Teachers (CFT). Introduced to state legislators […]
By Robert Yoshioka, Ph.D. << Back to Part I << Too often, full-timers, union bosses, and administrators see part-time faculty as disposable, replaceable cogs in their educational juggernaut, and we are told repeatedly to “suck it […]
Hover your mouse over a chart to pause the slideshow. Should the 67% part-time teaching load limit be increased? Part-time or adjunct faculty in the California Community College system were originally limited to teaching 60% […]
By Keith Hoeller Originally published in The Chronicle of Higher Education Republished with consent of the author. June 29, 2018 The debate over Janus v. AFSCME, on which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week, […]
Read about the CFT Convention vote to raise the part-time faculty workload cap to 80 percent on the CFT website or go directly to the the CFT convention report. If you like seeing news like […]
CPFA 2018 Annual Conference San Diego City College, Saturday May 5, 2018 Panelists discussed local achievements for PT faculty, goals for equity and office hours, moving the 67% PT load limit to 80% or […]
Experiences in British Columbia by Frank Cosco, originally published on LABORonline’s blog (LAWCHA) on November 6th, 2017 Frank Cosco is currently First Vice-President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia. He’s been a faculty member at Vancouver Community […]
Part I of II (Read Part II) By Robert Yoshioka, Ph.D. Originally published in the CPFA Journal, Spring 2018 edition. 1998 will go down as a pivotal year in the history of part time faculty working […]
By David Milroy and members of the San Diego Adjunct Faculty Association (SDAFA) Originally published in the CPFA Journal, Spring 2018 edition. Read more>> As a part-time or adjunct instructor, have you ever wondered how […]
Report (with some personal commentary) on The CFT 80% Resolution By John Govsky, Co-Chair CFT Part-Time Faculty Committee The California Federation of Teachers (CFT), at its 2018 convention, passed a resolution stating that the CFT […]
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Secret lives of Bay Area part-time profs: Here’s why they work at Safeway, live out of cars An Excerpt from the Article by Ted Andersen for the SFGATE Updated 5:18 pm, Monday, February 5, 2018 A […]
January 16, 2018 Assembly Member Jose Medina Capitol Office, Room 2141 Sacramento, CA 94249-0061 (916) 319-2061 RE: SUPPORT AB 310 (Medina) Dear Assembly Member Medina: As the Chair and Legislative Analyst for the California […]
In December of 2014, we blogged about an upcoming documentary in the works: Freeway Fliers: A Documentary about Higher Education’s Best Kept Secret Now you can watch the full documentary film The film, by […]
BY CAROLYN BETENSKY Guest Blogger / September 14, 2017 ACADEME BLOG, The blog of Academe magazine [Tenure for the Common Good has been re-posted with permission of the author] Those with the least job security […]