Category: Publications

  • Chair’s Report, Fall 2024

    By John Martin On September 15, 2024, Governor Newsom vetoed – yet again – a popular bill that easily passed out of both the Assembly and Senate: AB 2277, which would have raised the current […]

    CPFA Journal, Publications

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  • Fair Retirement Benefits for Adjunct Instructors in California

    By Caleb Castaneda Many CalSTRS Retirees who were career adjunct instructors in California’s Community  College system continue to report that their pension benefits are insufficient to even pay for rent in their area. It is […]

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  • Sick Leave Can Increase Your Service Credit Toward Retirement But It Is Being Unfairly Calculated For Part-time Faculty In Some Districts

    by Curtis Williams As a part-time member enrolled in the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS), what happens to my sick leave balance when I retire? Most of us have heard it can add to […]

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  • CFT Pushes Forward on a Vision of a One-Tier/Unified Faculty Model

    By Geoff Johnson, Originally published on July 30, 2024 at CFT.org CFT’s One-Tier Task force and CFT members, after over eight months of discussion, has created a definitive list of basic components deemed essential for […]

    e-Newsletter, Educational Reform

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  • A Unified Faculty Model

    The California Community Colleges (CCC) system plays a pivotal role as an engine for economic and social mobility in California and as a driver for the fifth largest economy in the world. In the past two decades, the CCC system has undergone significant “reform,” narrowing students’ educational opportunities and shrinking the student body by over one million students. During this period, the CCC system’s student outcomes have declined, stagnated, or only slightly improved despite decades of “reform” efforts. This paper illustrates that transitioning from a two-tiered to a nontiered—unified faculty—model will better serve students, colleges, and the state of California. The concept of a unified faculty emphasizes the elimination of the two employment tiers—part-and full-time faculty—to create a nontiered structure. This model is based on faculty and collegewide unity as opposed to the current structure that has produced a divided faculty, inequitable service to students, and stagnant or diminishing student outcomes. Presently, the K-12 system and Vancouver model are structured around a unified, nontiered faculty model. It is time for the California Community Colleges to address the hypocrisy at the heart of its institutions: decades of disinvestment from the faculty and thus, students. Investing in a nontiered, unified faculty model will remedy the CCC system that is currently struggling to bring back the millions of students who have been pushed out of their colleges. 

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  • ASM Greg Wallis’ AB 2277 (FACT SHEET): Raising the Part-Time Faculty Workload Cap

    AB 2277 will increase the maximum number of instructional hours that a part-time California Community College faculty member may teach at any one community college district and allow students to build stronger relationships with existing faculty.

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  • CPFA Wants to Amplify Your Voice on Part-Time Faculty Issues

    CPFA is seeking creative and impactful submissions that relate to part-time labor issues. We’re looking for diverse voices and formats to spark conversation and inspire action.

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  • Part-time Healthcare and AB 190 

    What Management Says Vs. the Truth By Geoff Johnson The money will go away, or it’s uncertain.  Truth: The governor personally pushed for the inclusion of the 200 million dollars in ongoing funding into  the […]

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  • 2024 Chair’s Report

    Assembly Bill 2277 (Wallis), our bill to raise the part-time teaching cap from 67% to 85% of a full-time course load, is now going through the political process in Sacramento. (For more on this bill, […]

    Chair's Report, CPFA Journal, Publications

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  • Rehire Rights and Raising the Cap

    CPFA is sponsoring AB-2277 (Wallis) to raise the part-time teaching limit from 67% to 85% of a full-time teaching load. If successful, this would allow for the possibility of a part-timer teaching as much as […]

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  • 2024 (Virtual) CPFA Conference

    On Saturday, April 20th, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the California Part-time Faculty Association (CPFA) will be hosting its annual conference virtually via Zoom. This event is free and open to everyone, but […]

    CPFA Journal, Events, Publications, Statewide Symposiums and Conferences

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  • CPFA Sponsors AB 2277: Raising the Part-Time Faculty Workload Cap

    AB 2277 will increase the maximum number of instructional hours that a part-time California Community College faculty member may teach at any one community college district and allow students to build stronger relationships with existing […]

    e-Newsletter, Educational Reform

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  • Let the “Tracks” Merge

    By Joseph G. Ramsey, PhDFaculty Staff Union (FSU/MTA/NEA)Senior Lecturer, UMass Bostonjgramsey@gmail.com  Is there any other profession besides professor @ academia where you can have the same degree, same (or more) teaching experience, same (or better) […]

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  • CPFA Celebrates 25 Years: A Founder Reflects

    This year marks CPFA’s 25th anniversary. There are still a few of us who remember those early days, and who are hopeful that the next 25 years will bring even greater changes to the workscape for roughly 35,000+ highly qualified educators who toil daily to keep the community college system in California not only afloat, but also healthy.

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  • On Seeking Broad, Systemic Change

    By John Martin, CPFA Chair Since 1998, the California Part-time Faculty Association (CPFA) has been a leader in calling out the injustices facing part-time faculty working within California’s community college system: no job security, no […]

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