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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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AGAINST TENURISM by Keith Hoeller

AGAINST TENURISM appeared as a feature article in the CPFA Journal, Fall 2017 edition. Access the full journal online here. In my ...

Support AB 310: Paid Office Hours for Part-time Faculty

January 16, 2018 Assembly Member Jose Medina Capitol Office, Room 2141 Sacramento, CA 94249-0061 (916) 319-2061      RE: SUPPORT AB ...

Freeway Fliers, A Documentary Film

In December of 2014, we blogged about an upcoming documentary in the works: Freeway Fliers: A Documentary about Higher Education's ...

Tenure for the Common Good

BY CAROLYN BETENSKY Guest Blogger / September 14, 2017 ACADEME BLOG, The blog of Academe magazine [Tenure for the Common ...

Why Overloads Are a Bad Deal for All Faculty

BY JEFF BAKER (Re-posted with permission of the author) Originally published July 27, 2016, ACADEME BLOG, The blog of Academe ...

The Academic Labor System of Faculty Apartheid

This excerpt has been posted on the CPFA website with the express permission of its author. CPFA's Must-Read Book Spotlight ...

CPFA’S BOOK SPOTLIGHT

Equality for Contingent Faculty: Overcoming the Two-Tier System Paperback – May 9, 2014 by Keith Hoeller (Editor) Buy it now ...

CPFA’S BOOK SPOTLIGHT

The Freeway Flier and the Life of the Mind By Jean Waggoner and Douglas Snow – 2011 Author, Jean Waggoner, ...

Contingent Faculty Bill of Rights

Dear Contingent Faculty, Every so often, on this list and at conferences, people comment that the contingent faculty movement needs ...

SB 1379 and Job Security for Part-time Faculty

The Honorable Governor Jerry Brown c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 445-2841   September 8, 2016 ...

AB 1690 and Job Security for Part-time Faculty

The Honorable Governor Jerry Brown c/o State Capitol, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916) 445-2841   August 26, 2016 ...

We Was Robbed

Your Job Negotiated Every Day When I first started working as a part-timer, the job with its duties, working arrangements, ...