By Joseph G. Ramsey, PhDFaculty Staff Union (FSU/MTA/NEA)Senior Lecturer, UMass Bostonjgramsey@gmail.com Is there any other profession besides professor @ academia where you can have the same degree, same (or more) teaching experience, same (or better) […]
Since 1998, the California Part-time Faculty Association (CPFA) has been a leader in calling out the injustices facing part-time faculty working within California’s community college system: no job security, no due process, scant seniority rights, […]
The newly formed Campaign for Faculty Equality (CFE) seeks to correct the broken faculty system in California’s community colleges, particularly the incredibly unequal two-tier faculty structure, a decades-long problem consigned to the shadows of academia. […]
The Campaign for Faculty Equality (CFE) is a new statewide organization that aims to work in conjunction with existing advocacy groups and to serve as a forum of strategic thinking and action among those who […]
by Jack Longmate At the Higher Ed Labor United (HELU) conference of July 20, 2023, a number of the non-tenure-track (NTT) speakers underscored the importance of collaboration with tenure-track (TT) faculty. Not as avidly expressed […]
By Jon Fox Reprinted from FA News, Foothill De-Anza Faculty Association One of my roles in FA is serving on the Board of Governors for the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges, where I have […]
By Carolyn Kuimelis and Mary Ellen Flannery Republished with permission of the National Education Association (NEA). Originally published 05/23/2023 at NEA Today. The higher education system depends on the labor of adjuncts, yet these faculty remain […]
Dr. Kashara Moore has been a dedicated educator for years with remarkable evaluations both from faculty and students. This is the time for us to give back and help her to get back on her feet while she is in search of a job.
A new, two-year legislative cycle in Sacramento began this year, and with it, up to a quarter of California’s Senate and Assembly were newly sworn in. New legislators are usually relatively fresh to the process […]
By Daniel Thompson, CPFA Legislative Analyst This year the CPFA Legislative Task Force met with over a dozen offices of members of the California State Assembly and State Senate. The Legislative Task Force advocated two […]
The two-tier workplace, with an upper tier of tenured faculty and a lower tier of non-tenured faculty, has been the norm in U.S. higher education for half a century, long enough to have enabled several generations to become acculturated to it. Just as it seems natural and normal for water to run downhill, no one is surprised when adjuncts are not paid the same as tenured instructors.
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Nominations for the CPFA Executive Council (EC) are now closed. There were no nominations for any of the vacant positions. All of the incumbent EC members ran unopposed. The CPFA Bylaws specify that when a candidate runs unopposed they are automatically decided by acclamation. Ballots will not need to be sent out this year.