CPFA News & Forum
We’ve curated 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. Submit Content to the CPFA Blog and add your voice to the growing chorus calling for equity for part-time faculty in higher education.
A Unified Faculty Model
A Unified Faculty Model: The Remedy for Decades of Failed Education “Reform” in the California Community Colleges[1] By Dr. Debbie Klein
Department of Social Science, Gavilan College ABSTRACT The California Community Colleges (CCC) system plays a pivotal role as an engine for economic and social mobility in California and ...
Department of Social Science, Gavilan College ABSTRACT The California Community Colleges (CCC) system plays a pivotal role as an engine for economic and social mobility in California and ...
CPFA Wants to Amplify Your Voice on Part-Time Faculty Issues
Writing, Visuals, or Multimedia 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. What We’re Looking For:
- Essays, poems, short stories, book reviews, insightful articles, and more.
- Photography, graphic design, illustrations, and ...
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 state budget which was supported and adopted by the governor. For the money to go ...
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, see Scott Douglas’ article, as well as the Asm Wallis Fact Sheet in this Journal.) ...
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 12 semester units for a single district. The current limit is 10 units. While 2 ...
2024 CPFA Conference Program
One Tier System: Current Struggles The (Virtual) 2024 CPFA Conference Saturday, April 20th, 2024 On Zoom! 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. PDF Download ~ Program
PROGRAM 10:00 a.m. - Introductions & Opening Ceremony (15 min.)
PROGRAM 10:00 a.m. - Introductions & Opening Ceremony (15 min.)
- John Martin, CPFA Chair
- Laurel Hartley/Daniel R. Thompson, Conference Chairs
- Members of the CPFA ...
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 registration for the event is required (Register now). This year’s highlights include a panel on ...
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 faculty. The Problem Currently, part-time faculty at California Community Colleges are classified as temporary employees ...
Let the “Tracks” Merge
By Joseph G. Ramsey, PhD
Faculty Staff Union (FSU/MTA/NEA)
Senior Lecturer, UMass Boston
jgramsey@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) publications, same (or greater) record of student and community engagement, and, yet, never be allowed ...
Faculty Staff Union (FSU/MTA/NEA)
Senior Lecturer, UMass Boston
jgramsey@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) publications, same (or greater) record of student and community engagement, and, yet, never be allowed ...
CPFA Celebrates 25 Years: A Founder Reflects
INTRODUCTION 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 work-scape for roughly 35,000+ highly qualified educators who toil daily to keep the community college ...
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 due process, scant seniority rights, unequal pay (compared to full- time faculty teaching the same ...
The Campaign for Faculty Equality
Key advocates who would soon become the board of the New Faculty Majority attending the 2010 COCAL Conference at Laval University in Quebec. Standing L- R: Matt Williams, Ross Borden, Bob Samuels UC-AFT, Anne Weigard, Jack Longmate. Front L- R: Peter Brown, Rich Moser, and Frank Cosco. The newly formed ...
Building Our Future: The One-Tier Model is The Answer!
The Campaign for Faculty Equality (CFE) is a new statewide organization that aims to work in conjunction with existing advocacy groups and to serve as a forum of strategic thinking and action among those who work in our different institutions across the state—with legislators, unions, faculty senates, and trustees—to promote ...
Tenured Faculty: Friend or Foe?
by Jack Longmate At the Higher Ed Labor United (HELU) conference of July 20, 2023, a number of the non-tenure-track (NTT) speakers underscored the importance of collaboration with tenure-track (TT) faculty. Not as avidly expressed was the position that TT faculty and the unions they dominate are actually the problem, ...
