Chair’s Report
By John Martin, CPFA Chair I am sure I am not alone in feeling that the early events of the new year seem to have revealed that we are living in a different world! There […]
By John Martin, CPFA Chair I am sure I am not alone in feeling that the early events of the new year seem to have revealed that we are living in a different world! There […]
By Carol Whaley A.B. 1269 (C. Garcia) seeks to create parity for part-time faculty of the California Community Colleges so that equal work results in equal pay. This bill is sponsored by CTA, the California […]
Despite sailing through the Senate subcommittee on higher ed unopposed and having broad bipartisan support in both chambers, AB 897 (Medina) did not survive the legislators’ decision in March to consider only those bills necessary […]
At a time when the United States’ Commander in Chief tacitly endorses racist groups, when he delights in name-calling against political opponents, blatantly lies in a public debate and television interviews, when political acrimony is […]
CPFA RESOLUTION AGAINST FULL-TIME FACULTY TEACHING OVERLOADS IN THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM Background: The California Part-time Faculty Association has long held that full-time faculty in the California Community College system should not be allowed […]
The year 2020 has been a rollercoaster ride, not least of all for those of us who teach at one or more community colleges in California. Like most educators, we’ve had to modify or completely […]
By David Milroy, Carol Whaley, and Alexis Moore The California Part-Time Faculty Association (CPFA) sent out a survey to part-time faculty all over the state and the responses are even more alarming than one might […]
By Keith Hoeller Why are teachers the only professionals routinely denied unemployment when they are not working? Though our nation’s unemployment system was established in 1935 by the Social Security Act, not until 1970 did […]
By Bobbi-Lee Smart, Ed.D. My dissertation research on the “Involuntary Adjunct” focused on the perceptions of the impact of adjuncts on community college campuses in Southern California. I specifically wanted to understand the reality of […]
Next month, on April 4th, 2020 Butte College will be hosting the 10th annual Associate Faculty Conference. This year’s theme is “Acknowledging and Affirming the value of Associate Faculty.” This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. […]
BY WENDY BRILL-WYNKOOP Good afternoon – Chair and members of the Assembly Higher Education Committee. I am Wendy Brill-Wynkoop, the Department Chair of Photography at College of the Canyons. I am the only full-time faculty […]
Whereas, existing California law (Assembly Bill 951, 2008) establishes that the contingent, part-time faculty workload is capped at 67 percent, amounting to no more than 10 units in the quarter system or 6 in the […]
BY RICK BAUM Teachers need to be organized in unions to protect their jobs and standard of living. Unfortunately, union leadership is too frequently dominated by full-timers who disregard the needs and interests of part-timers. At […]
BY RICK BAUM For the Fall 2019 term, the administration at City College of San Francisco (CCSF) made drastic class cuts to address a claimed deficit of as much as $50 million. There were […]
BY SCOTT DOUGLAS In 2007, the California Part-time Faculty Association (CPFA) worked with Assembly member Mervyn Dymally to get the part-time cap raised from 60% to 67%.Today, CFT, the Faculty Association of California Community Colleges […]