October 2007
Our Future is in Our Hands
By now most of you are becoming aware of the Community College Initiative and its importance to the future of community college funding and therefore directly its importance to you and me. As Jonathan Lightman, the Executive Director of FACCC said at a recent Bay Area Faculty meeting in Oakland the original percentage of community college enrollment that factored into the Proposition 98 education measure in 1990 has grown dramatically without a corresponding change in the funding to community colleges. He also said that the total amount of funding coming to education from the state is based on a enrollment of the K-12 sector, that is currently declining, which will mean an ever decreasing pot of money to be shared between K-12 and the Community Colleges. continue...
September 2007
Is It September Already?
Welcome back all! These are exciting times with many important changes taking place. Your union representatives have been busy this summer and we have great news. continue...
September 2007
Union Goal: 100% Adjunct Parity
Amazing Agreement Reached: On the Road to Pro Rata Pay for Adjunct Faculty
After years of negotiations, lobbying the Board and lots of creative proposals and counterproposals, the Union and District finally agreed at the bargaining table to establish a pro rata salary schedule for our adjunct faculty and full time faculty working overload. continue...
September 2007
Innovative Contract Language: Nursing
Promotes Recruitment and Retention
Barbara Hanfling and Mark Newton worked with nursing faculty to prepare new contract language to address the growing issue of recruitment and retention of nursing faculty at EVC. As of fall 2006 there were 96 unfilled full time tenure track nursing faculty positions in California. continue...
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