Welcome to The CPFA Blog

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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Update on AB 897: Raising the 67% Cap

Despite sailing through the Senate subcommittee on higher ed unopposed and having broad bipartisan support in both chambers, AB 897 ...
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Federal Court Grants San Diego Community College District Immunity to Abuse Part-time Faculty with Impunity

At a time when the United States’ Commander in Chief tacitly endorses racist groups, when he delights in name-calling against ...
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CPFA RESOLUTION AGAINST FULL-TIME FACULTY TEACHING OVERLOADS IN THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM Background: The California Part-time Faculty Association has ...
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Chair’s Report Fall 2020

The year 2020 has been a rollercoaster ride, not least of all for those of us who teach at one ...
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Part-Time Faculty

By David Milroy, Carol Whaley, and Alexis Moore The California Part-Time Faculty Association (CPFA) sent out a survey to part-time ...
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Why Adjuncts Deserve Unemployment Compensation and How They Can Get It

By Keith Hoeller Why are teachers the only professionals routinely denied unemployment when they are not working? Though our nation’s ...
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Adjunct / Part-Time / Contingent: Changing Our Name Doesn’t Change Our Working Conditions

By Bobbi-Lee Smart, Ed.D. My dissertation research on the “Involuntary Adjunct” focused on the perceptions of the impact of adjuncts ...
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Program for Change

1. Elements of the VCC-VCCFA Collective Agreement that support fairness for Term Faculty – November 2020 2. Excerpt of data ...
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Join us for a Virtual Event – The Part-time Faculty Symposium 2020!

Registration is required, so reserve your spot today! View Event Program Below ...
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Black Lives Matter

CPFA has always advocated for equity and fair treatment, and implicit in that mission is the responsibility to advocate for ...
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COVID-19 & Part-Time Faculty Survey Results

GREETINGS COLLEAGUES: CPFA wanted to hear from you all to find out from PART-TIME FACULTY what is currently being done ...
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Butte College To Hold Its 10th Annual PT Conference

Next month, on April 4th, 2020 Butte College will be hosting the 10th annual Associate Faculty Conference. This year’s theme ...
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