Legislative Steps for the Future, CPFA Conference 2022
“Legislative Steps for the Future” 2022 Annual Conference - Virtual Saturday, May 7, 2022 @9:30AM Register Now! (Free Registration required)
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Part-Time Instructors File Class-Action Lawsuit Over Minimum Wage Violations at Long Beach City College
LOS ANGELES — In a news conference this morning, two Long Beach City College (LBCC) part-time faculty members announced they have filed a class-action lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against Long Beach Community College District (LBCCD) over failure to compensate them and hundreds of other adjunct faculty. . . .
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An Employment Crisis in Higher Education
Teachers on Wheels A Three Part Documentary on the Employment Crisis in Higher Education By Id Janakos Part 1: Part 2: Part 3:
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Health care benefits key battleground for California’s adjunct community college faculty
Health care benefits have emerged as a battleground for adjunct instructors, who are critical to the mission of California’s community colleges to educate about 1.5 million of the state’s most vulnerable students. The 72 local […]
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Adjuncts often find ladder leads to nowhere in California community colleges
PART 3 OF A THREE PART INVESTIGATION Part 1: The gig workers of California community colleges face worsening conditions Part 2: Health care benefits key battleground for California’s adjunct community college faculty Click here to read all stories […]
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The Collapse of Community College Enrollment: Can California Turn It Around?
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 […]
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The gig workers of California community colleges face worsening conditions
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 […]
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The Associate-Professor Trap
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 […]
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Part-time professors deserve the opportunity for full-time work
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 […]
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CalRTA Workshop for FACCC PT Conference
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
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Equity in Learning Starts With Equity for Community College Teachers
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 […]
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Rally At CA Community College Board Of Governors In Sacramento
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.
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Can Colleges Reform Their Police Departments?
One Says Yes, and Here’s How
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Emergency Statewide Action-Rally
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 […]