by Mikhail Zinshteyn, CALmatters Originally published in Lost Cost Outpost After community college enrollment collapsed in late 2020, California lawmakers last year gave the system of public two-year colleges $120 million to help stem the […]
How Social Security Offsets Harm Community College Faculty Presentation by Jennifer Baker – Legislative Advocate, California Retired Teachers AssociationFACCC Part-time Faculty Conference, November 19, 2021
California has long prided itself on its community college system, with some 73 districts serving over 400,000 students each year. In recent decades, the state has seen two-year colleges as a means to balance the unequal […]
Zero COVID Now! Stop Privatization! Watch the video of the rally held in Sacramento on Monday, September 20th, 2021 demanding that California community colleges be made safe and for the reversal of detrimental state policies.
One Says Yes, and Here’s How
California Community College Board of Governors Meeting Monday September 20th, 12:00 Noon (Masks required) At CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE 1102 Q Street, 6th Floor Sacramento, CA 95811 (map) Community College students, faculty and staff […]
By David Milroy, CPFA Director of Administration On Friday, June 28, 2019, members of the CPFA Executive Committee met with representatives for Senators Diane Feinstein and Kamala Harris regarding the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and […]
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% […]
The Honorable Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez, Chair Assembly Appropriations Committee State Capitol, Room 2114 Sacramento, California 95814 916.319.2081 Re: AB 897 (Medina) […]
The Honorable Jose Medina Chair, Assembly Higher Education Committee 1020 N Street, Room 173 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: Assembly Bill 897 Position: Co-Sponsor […]
PRESS RELEASE The California Part Time Faculty Association (CPFA) announces that it will be co-sponsoring the new “Part-time Faculty Teaching Load” bill, AB 897 along with the California Federation of Teachers (CFT). Introduced to state legislators […]
Read about the CFT Convention vote to raise the part-time faculty workload cap to 80 percent on the CFT website or go directly to the the CFT convention report. If you like seeing news like […]
Experiences in British Columbia by Frank Cosco, originally published on LABORonline’s blog (LAWCHA) on November 6th, 2017 Frank Cosco is currently First Vice-President of the Federation of Post-Secondary Educators of British Columbia. He’s been a faculty member at Vancouver Community […]