Category: Improving the Learning Environment

Why The 67% Cap Should be Raised

WHY THE 67% CAP SHOULD BE RAISED REJOINDERS TO COMMON CLAIMS AGAINST AB 897 California is the only state in the country to have a state law preventing part-time faculty from teaching more than 67% […]

April 28, 2019 / Improving the Learning Environment, In the News
Adjunct Faculty Must Lead

by Dennis Selder The New York Times recently ran a story that finds empirical evidence corroborating the economic struggle most working people experience: “A Recovery, but Only for Those Who Need It Least.” The explanation the author gives for […]

October 9, 2014 / Academic Solidarity, Activism in Education, Adjunct Faculty, California Community Colleges, Community College Decision-Making, Contingent Faculty, Educational Reform, History in Education, History of Education, Improving the Learning Environment, Leadership, Neoliberalism & Higher Education, Neoliberalism in Education, Organizing, Part-time Faculty, Professionalization, Teacher Assessment, Teaching Evaluation
Why Can’t We All Work Together?

by William Lipkin | 5 July 2014 I became active in the labor movement over 25 years ago at a time when very few people even knew what the word ‘adjunct’ referred to. I immediately […]

July 6, 2014 / Adjunct Faculty, Contingent Faculty, Improving the Learning Environment, Part-time Faculty, Uncategorized

Why The 67% Cap Should be Raised