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What's New

CPFA Executive Council passes resolution
calling for legislation mandating reemployment rights for part-time faculty
April 15, 2009

CFT Convention adopts two resolutions calling for
legislation on part-time faculty employment rights March 21, 2009

Community College Union Affiliations and Links to Contracts; courtesy of CPFA member John Govsky, Cabrillo College

Announcements

California Raises Ceiling on Part Timers' Work - Scott Jaschik

Text of AB 591, raising the part-time load to 67%


Statewide Part-time/Full-time Salary Comparison Table; Spring 2008

Wall of Fame
Groups and Individuals who have Demonstrated their Support for Faculty/Student Equity by Endorsing AB 591

Retirement Primer
Download the August 2007 version of Cliff Liehe's handbook for California Community College Part-time Faculty

Postings from Part-time Faculty Organizations
Miracosta Community College Part-time Faculty
MiraCosta Associate Faculty Contract Ratification Vote 2008

Resources for Activists
Equal Pay for Equal Work for Part time Faculty Blog; - Mike Dixon
California Community College Contracts and Union Reps (Negotiators)
COCAL-CA - The Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor - California
Higher Education Listservs
A Guide to Acronyms and Organizations in Higher Education
The California Ed Code; Indexed and on-line version
California State Legislators
Community College Union Affiliations and Links to Contracts; courtesy of CPFA member John Govsky, Cabrillo College
General Academic Resources
Unemployment Benefits - Your rights and responsibilities

Reports
Twelve District Adjunct Salary Comparison - History - a 76k Word document

Part-time Insurance Benefits by Community College District - (updated 11/20/2004)
A Chronic Problem by Martin Goldstein
Part-time Faculty Compensation Fund Report - (110 k file) - April 1, 2004 by Chris Storer
Adjunct Instructors, the Burros of Academia - by Burton Fletcher
Important Legislators - by Jonathan Lightman - California legislators on key education committees
Defining the Professional Expectations of Faculty - by Jane Buck
Remarks on "Defining the Professional Expectations of Faculty" - by Chris Storer
The Parity Disparity - by Martin Goldstein
 Why I won't meet with you outside of class
 Why 100% Pro-rata pay
Community College Part-time Faculty Unemployment Compensation Handbook
html format - .rtf format
Retirement Primer
August 2007 version of Cliff Liehe's handbook for California Community College Part-time Faculty - a .pdf file
 A proposal to abolish the part-time faculty system in the California Community Colleges
by Lantz Simpson
10 Best Practices among California Community Colleges
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FAQ for cyber-volunteers

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