IMHO – Chair’s Report
Since my last update, an important bill, AB 897, was authored by Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) to raise the 67% workload cap on part-time faculty in California’s Community Colleges System to 80-85% of a full-time […]
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The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations in California’s Higher Education
By Keith Law This article was published in the CPFA Journal, Fall 2019 edition, and originally appeared in the online media source medium.com. “The key to my success is a very simple and time-honored tradition, […]
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Highlights from the 2019 CPFA Conference
The Exploitation of Part-Time Professors It’s a well-known secret that public higher education in California and across the country is increasingly built on the backs of a large army of underpaid, exploited part-time […]
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Why The 67% Cap Should be Raised
WHY THE 67% CAP SHOULD BE RAISED REJOINDERS TO COMMON CLAIMS AGAINST AB 897 California is the only state in the country to have a state law preventing part-time faculty from teaching more than 67% […]
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AB 897: A Letter to Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez
The Honorable Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez, Chair Assembly Appropriations Committee State Capitol, Room 2114 Sacramento, California 95814 916.319.2081 Re: AB 897 (Medina) […]
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AB 897: A Letter to Assemblymember Medina
The Honorable Jose Medina Chair, Assembly Higher Education Committee 1020 N Street, Room 173 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: Assembly Bill 897 Position: Co-Sponsor […]
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CPFA Co-Sponsors Part-time Faculty Teaching Load Bill
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 […]
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CPFA At 20 (Part II)
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 […]
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67% Survey
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% […]
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Why the Supreme Court Ruling on Unions Could Be Good for Adjuncts
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, […]
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CFT Convention: Votes 80% Workload Cap
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 […]
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Highlights from 2018 CPFA Conference
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 […]
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Building Job Security into Community College Faculty Work
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 […]
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CPFA At 20
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 […]
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Where Does the Money Go?: Transparent California Data Analysis
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 […]