Tenure for the Common Good
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 […]
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Why Overloads Are a Bad Deal for All Faculty
BY JEFF BAKER (Re-posted with permission of the author) Originally published July 27, 2016, ACADEME BLOG, The blog of Academe magazine The word overload can have more than one meaning to higher education faculty. It can mean […]
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ACTION NEEDED: Due Process Bill in Jeopardy!
Colleagues! We need you to send emails to state Senators ASAP telling them to support CCCI’s-sponsored bill AB 1651, authored by Assemblymember Eloise Gómez Reyes. The bill will be voted on by the full Senate […]
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The Academic Labor System of Faculty Apartheid
This excerpt has been posted on the CPFA website with the express permission of its author. CPFA’s Must-Read Book Spotlight. Buy the book on Amazon. Equality for Contingent Faculty: Overcoming the Two-Tier System by […]
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May Day March for Freedom & Equality
David Milroy and Carol Whaley: “Whose streets? OUR streets!” For part-time faculty across the state of California, Labor Day is much more than a day of commemoration. It is also a day to carry […]
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CPFA’S BOOK SPOTLIGHT
Equality for Contingent Faculty: Overcoming the Two-Tier System Paperback – May 9, 2014 by Keith Hoeller (Editor) Buy it now on Amazon “The picture of our exploitation that emerges is frightening to reflect on. This book […]
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CPFA Thanks Assembly Member Jose Medina
On Wednesday, April 26th, CPFA Chair, John Martin, presented Assembly Member Medina with a Certificate of Appreciation on behalf of all California’s part-time faculty in the California Community Colleges System (CCC System) and thanked him […]
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CPFA’S BOOK SPOTLIGHT
The Freeway Flier and the Life of the Mind By Jean Waggoner and Douglas Snow – 2011 Author, Jean Waggoner, was the Keynote Speaker at the CPFA Annual Conference 2012 Overview. “This is a book about faculty […]
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Contingent Faculty Bill of Rights
Dear Contingent Faculty, Every so often, on this list and at conferences, people comment that the contingent faculty movement needs a new narrative. Given the lack of progress over the years, it is hard to […]
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SB 1379 and Job Security for Part-time Faculty
The Honorable Governor Jerry Brown c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 445-2841 September 8, 2016 Re: SB 1379 and Job Security for Part-time Faculty Dear Governor Brown: As Chair of […]
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AB 1690 and Job Security for Part-time Faculty
The Honorable Governor Jerry Brown c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 445-2841 August 26, 2016 RE: AB 1690 and Job Security for Part-time Faculty Dear Governor Brown, As the […]
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We Was Robbed
Your Job Negotiated Every Day When I first started working as a part-timer, the job with its duties, working arrangements, and responsibilities felt natural. I figured people smarter and more experienced than I am had […]
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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 […]
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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). […]
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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 […]