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We’ve collected a variety of original news stories and analyses for your perusing, which focus on education in California, part-time faculty and/or unions in academia that have broad national appeal. As might be expected, we take special interest in social justice issues that slip under the radar of the mainstream media.
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The Shootings at Santa Monica in June (2013)
The Shootings at Santa Monica (June 7, 2013) By Martin M. Goldstein It could have been worse – much, much worse. A man clearly out of his mind, who had already killed four people, entered our Library crowded with students studying for Final Exams, and was about to open fire ...
CPFA Watch Position Statement for AB 950
Assembly Member Ed Chau P.O. Box 942849, Room 6011
Sacramento, CA 94249-0049
(916) 319-2049 RE: CPFA “Watch” Position Statement for AB-950 Dear Assemblymember Chau, The CPFA Executive Committee has voted to take a “Watch” position on the CFT sponsored legislation AB-950 for the following reasons: Overloads, per se, are ...
Sacramento, CA 94249-0049
(916) 319-2049 RE: CPFA “Watch” Position Statement for AB-950 Dear Assemblymember Chau, The CPFA Executive Committee has voted to take a “Watch” position on the CFT sponsored legislation AB-950 for the following reasons: Overloads, per se, are ...
Letter to the Media RE: Student Success Task Force Report
Dear Members of the Media, As a provision of AB1143 (Liu), the Chancellor’s Office called on the California Community Colleges Board of Governors (BOG) to convene a Student Success Task Force charged with “developing a plan to bring about significant improvements in success rates of our students.” Enclosed please find ...
CPFA’s Unpacks The Student Success Task Force Report
The California Part-time Faculty Association (CPFA) supports the responses of the various other faculty organizations in regards to the provisions of the Student Success Task Force. As part-time faculty teach almost 50% of all courses and comprise over 45,000 faculty in the Community College system it is important that our ...
Letter to Support AB 852, Part-time Faculty Rehire Rights
To: Senator Alan Lowenthal
Chair, Senate Education Committee
Room 2083, State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: AB 852 — SUPPORT Rehire Rights for Part-time Faculty Dear Honorable Alan Lowenthal, My name is John Martin and I am the Chair of the California Part-time Faculty Association (CPFA), the only non-union institution in ...
Chair, Senate Education Committee
Room 2083, State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814 Re: AB 852 — SUPPORT Rehire Rights for Part-time Faculty Dear Honorable Alan Lowenthal, My name is John Martin and I am the Chair of the California Part-time Faculty Association (CPFA), the only non-union institution in ...
