by Mikhail Zinshteyn, CALmatters Originally published in Lost Cost Outpost After community college enrollment collapsed in late 2020, California lawmakers last year gave the system of public two-year colleges $120 million to help stem the […]
Academic gig workers. Freeway flyers. The Uber drivers of academia. Call the part-time instructors who make up two-thirds of classroom teachers in the country’s largest higher-education system what you will. What matters most to them […]
Moving up the ladder means dealing with endless bureaucracy. For many, it’s not worth it. By Paula Rabinowitz. Republished with permission from The Chronicle. “Sustained rejection of a total institution often requires sustained orientation to its […]
By Alexis Moore, Jack Longmate and Keith Hoeller When most people think of part-time (or adjunct) professors, they conjure up the image of someone with a full-time job and benefits in the private sector who chooses to […]
How Social Security Offsets Harm Community College Faculty Presentation by Jennifer Baker – Legislative Advocate, California Retired Teachers AssociationFACCC Part-time Faculty Conference, November 19, 2021
California has long prided itself on its community college system, with some 73 districts serving over 400,000 students each year. In recent decades, the state has seen two-year colleges as a means to balance the unequal […]
Zero COVID Now! Stop Privatization! Watch the video of the rally held in Sacramento on Monday, September 20th, 2021 demanding that California community colleges be made safe and for the reversal of detrimental state policies.
One Says Yes, and Here’s How
California Community College Board of Governors Meeting Monday September 20th, 12:00 Noon (Masks required) At CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE 1102 Q Street, 6th Floor Sacramento, CA 95811 (map) Community College students, faculty and staff […]
California Part-time Faculty Association Endorses the following Vision The One-Tier Model of Faculty Employment Context: The College for All Act of 2021, has been heralded as “the most substantial federal investment in higher education in […]
Let's Get Rid of the 'Big Lie' - A presentation by John Govsky at CPFA's Annual Conference 2021
These adjunct faculty struggle to survive in regular times, but life in a pandemic has become even more stressful, as some colleges have cut classes and side jobs have dried up.
The Proposed Amendment to the Constitution Shall Article V of the CPFA Constitution be amended to include a new section as follows: Section 5. Notwithstanding any other section of Article V, elected council members may confirm additional […]
