community college faculty

April 17, 2024

Community college faculty should all be allowed to work full time

Part-time instructors, many who work for decades off the tenure track and at a lower pay rate, have been called “apprentices to nowhere.”

Alexis Moore and Jack Longmate

Community Colleges

February 27, 2023

California community colleges rely too much on part-time faculty and misspend funds, audit finds

California's state auditor says community colleges are misspending money meant to hire full-time faculty and is calling on the chancellor's office to provide better oversight.

January 17, 2023

Reactions to the governor's higher education budget proposals

Leaders representing all segments of California’s education system share their reactions to the governor’s 2023-24 January budget proposal for California's public college and university systems.

EdSource staff

Gig by gig at California Community Colleges

May 19, 2022

How can California improve the working conditions of community college adjuncts?

During an EdSource roundtable, panelists discussed new ideas for improving working conditions for the 37,000 part-time faculty at California's community colleges.

May 11, 2022

Health care funding for community college adjuncts expected in revised budget plan

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's revised state budget, due this week, is expected to include $200 million in new funding for health care benefits for part-time community college instructors.

February 17, 2022

Gig by gig at California community colleges

Adjuncts cobble together part-time work at multiple colleges, hoping for a full time job that never materializes.

EdSource staff

Gig by gig at California Community Colleges

February 17, 2022

Adjuncts often find ladder leads to nowhere in California community colleges

Many take part-time teaching jobs hoping for a tenured professor post.

January 13, 2022

The right priorities? Reactions to Gov. Newsom's 2022-23 higher ed budget

Leaders representing all segments of California’s education system share their reactions to the governor’s 2022-23 January budget proposal.

January 2, 2022

Part-time professors deserve the opportunity for full-time work

California's current laws have created an unfair system of "haves and have-nots" among community college faculty, and it's time to fix that.

Alexis Moore, Jack Longmate and Keith Hoeller

Community Colleges

November 12, 2021

Dramatic enrollment drop won’t cost California community colleges state aid but could impact adjunct faculty

California's community colleges' declining enrollment won't reduce state funding but adjunct profs may lose opportunities.

Michael Burke And Thomas Peele

Commentary

October 7, 2021

Equity in learning starts with equity for community college teachers

The majority of community college faculty are limited to working part time, often commuting from one district to another. A bill before the governor would allow colleges to increase the number of hours part-time faculty can work in a single district.