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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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Should Contingents Support More Tenure-Track Jobs?
By Jack Longmate When hearing about proposals to fund new tenure-track jobs, adjuncts might think to themselves: “If I could only get a tenure-track job, I could say ‘Good riddance’ to this dead-end adjunct gig with its discounted, poverty-level pay; limited hours; lack of job security; lack of health insurance ...
Sue Broxholm Interview
AFT 1493 FACULTY FOCUS Sue Broxholm, Skyline Math Professor, advocates for the end of the “Two-Tier system” that divides full-time and part-time faculty Interview by Marianne Kaletzky, AFT 1493 Executive Secretary Sue Broxholm has been teaching Math as a part-time instructor at Skyline College for over 20 years. In ...
Part-time Faculty Face Indignities
By Rick Baum, Member of AFT 2121 and CPFA I wrote the letter that is below to the leadership of AFT1512 and to the California Federation of Teachers President Jeff Freitas as a response to the indignities we part-time faculty must constantly put up with. They are dished out by ...
Assemblymember Medina Recognized for Exceptional Leadership and Dedication to Social Justice
When CPFA held its annual conference on May 7, 2022, Assemblymember Jose Medina of Riverside was recognized for his unwavering support for the thousands of part-time faculty employed by the California Community Colleges System across the state. Below is a picture of Medina accepting the The California Part-Time Faculty Association, ...
Pandemic impact continues at Cal State with fall 2022 enrollment decline
Decrease largely due to record losses in transfers from the community colleges By ASHLEY A. SMITH of EdSource
Original published on November 23, 2022 Undergraduate enrollment in California State Universities continues to suffer from a pandemic-induced drop as fewer transfer students arrive from the state’s community colleges. Despite first-time freshman numbers ...
Original published on November 23, 2022 Undergraduate enrollment in California State Universities continues to suffer from a pandemic-induced drop as fewer transfer students arrive from the state’s community colleges. Despite first-time freshman numbers ...
Don’t Forget Kashara Moore
By Kristie Iwamoto CPFA Northern Regional Representative Long Beach City College part-time union President Dr. Kashara Moore was fired for allegedly “elbowing” a student after the student took issue with her name being mispronounced during LBCC’s graduation ceremony on June 9th of this year (there is a YouTube video of ...
Adjuncts sue California community college system, eight local districts over unpaid work hours
'It's been a long time brewing,' one of the plaintiffs said over the suit which alleges violations of state law. By Thomas Peele an Investigative Reporter at EdSource
Reposted with Permission of EdSource Seven part-time community college professors across California have sued eight local districts where they teach and the state, ...
Reposted with Permission of EdSource Seven part-time community college professors across California have sued eight local districts where they teach and the state, ...
LBCC professor may lose her job after alleged elbowing incident at commencement
By Jason Ruiz of LBP News A well-respected Long Beach City College professor could be facing termination Wednesday after an incident during this year’s commencement where a student alleged the professor intentionally elbowed her after a discussion about how to pronounce the student’s name. The accusations stem from the June ...
Newsom rejects second effort to make more community college adjunct faculty eligible for health care
Newsom vetoed a similar bill last year, citing unknown costs For the second consecutive year, Gov. Gavin Newsom has rejected a bill that would have made more community college part-time professors eligible for health insurance by upping the number of classes they can teach in a semester, citing cost. Read ...
AU Reaches Agreement With Staff Union After Weeklong Strike
By Liam Knox of Inside Higher Education. Originally published August 29, 2022. American University reached a tentative contract agreement with the union representing academic, clerical and technical staff on Friday, the culmination of nearly a year and a half of bargaining. The deal came after a weeklong strike held during ...
‘We are not invisible anymore:’ Brookdale, adjuncts settle union fight
By Susanne Cervenka for Asbury Park Press. Originally published on August 26, 2022. MIDDLETOWN [CONNECTICUT] ― Brookdale Community College reached a deal with its part-time faculty that gives the educators the higher pay they demanded while also fulfilling what students have said is a key need: More face time with ...
Letter to Senator Portantino in Support of AB1856
The Honorable Senator Anthony Portantino, Chair
Senate Committee on Appropriations
State Capitol, Room 2141
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0061 August 9, 2022 Re: SUPPORT for AB 1856 (Medina) – Community Colleges: Part-time Employees Honorable Senator Anthony Portantino, I am writing in my capacity as Chair of the California Part Time Faculty Association (CPFA) ...
Senate Committee on Appropriations
State Capitol, Room 2141
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0061 August 9, 2022 Re: SUPPORT for AB 1856 (Medina) – Community Colleges: Part-time Employees Honorable Senator Anthony Portantino, I am writing in my capacity as Chair of the California Part Time Faculty Association (CPFA) ...
Sacramento community colleges cut classes to catch up with steep enrollment drop
By Dante Motley
Originally published
July 25, 2022
SacBee Los Rios Community College District is cutting planned classes for the fall as it aligns its offering with the steep drop in enrollment that unfolded during the coronavirus pandemic. Over the past two years, enrollment at Los Rios’s four colleges — American River, Cosumnes ...
Originally published
July 25, 2022
SacBee Los Rios Community College District is cutting planned classes for the fall as it aligns its offering with the steep drop in enrollment that unfolded during the coronavirus pandemic. Over the past two years, enrollment at Los Rios’s four colleges — American River, Cosumnes ...
Parity Pay or Equal Pay?
By Jack Longmate “Pay parity” is a term perennially associated with part-time faculty in a two-tiered workplace, not part-time workers in other professions paid on the same basis as full-time workers, such as part-time engineers, physicians, retail cashiers, or K-12 teachers. The “parity pay” bill, AB-1752, is described by the ...
