By Keith Hoeller How many contingent professors have lost their jobs or had their teaching loads reduced since the COVID-19 pandemic started more than a year ago? This question has the same answer as nearly […]
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 […]
1. Elements of the VCC-VCCFA Collective Agreement that support fairness for Term Faculty – November 2020 2. Excerpt of data from the VCCFA Seniority Chart – November 2020 3. Publications containing descriptions of the employment model […]
Fellow Adjunct-Contingent Faculty and Allies: While we are in the early stages of this pandemic, it is abundantly clear that the COVID-19 outbreak has already created the greatest disruption in American Higher […]
Official Notice: CPFA’s 2020 Spring Conference has been cancelled due to the emergency closure of its venue, Diablo Valley College, to protect students and faculty from potential coronavirus (COVID-19) exposure. Whether the conference will be […]
In December of 2014, we blogged about an upcoming documentary in the works: Freeway Fliers: A Documentary about Higher Education’s Best Kept Secret Now you can watch the full documentary film The film, by […]
Equality for Contingent Faculty: Overcoming the Two-Tier System Paperback – May 9, 2014 by Keith Hoeller (Editor) Buy it now on Amazon “The picture of our exploitation that emerges is frightening to reflect on. This book […]
The Freeway Flier and the Life of the Mind By Jean Waggoner and Douglas Snow – 2011 Author, Jean Waggoner, was the Keynote Speaker at the CPFA Annual Conference 2012 Overview. “This is a book about faculty […]
Please join part-time faculty and allies for a day of action at the state Capitol building on Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 11 am. The gathering, based on an idea from California Part-Time Faculty Association […]
Freeway Fliers: A Documentary about Higher Education’s Best Kept Secret is an upcoming film by Brad Rettele, Professor X and Professor Y, the latter two being anonymous adjuncts involved in the project. The film promises […]
Thanks to the convergence of generous funding from CCCI and the support of De Anza’s VP for Instruction who finds value in the Faculty Association’s members being as up-to-date on bargaining issues as possible, I […]
by Marnie Webster | 1 November 2014 Interest has skyrocketed regarding an anonymous call to action made via Facebook on October 1st. The post states simply that “adjuncts across the country will come together” next […]
28 October 2014 National Adjunct Walkout Day (NAWD) is on the tip of many adjuncts’ tongues, as well it should be. Such an action is long overdue. On Twitter, FaceBook, listservs, and the new NAWD […]
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 […]
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 […]