Not a “Killshot” to Public-Employee Unions, but Not a Complete Reaffirmation of the Status Quo Either
If you have not been following the cases before the Supreme Court in this session, or if you have been but have simply lost track of this important labor case in the midst of the other cases that have attracted much more intense media coverage, the following is the lead to an article disseminated by…
Walk Jog Run . . . We Can Teach That!
Colleagues and I who are more deskbound than individuals who teach P.E. have joked about, I mean entertained the thought of, teaching walk jog run classes. We should be able to do it, even if our advanced degrees are in accounting, biology, or English. A fact that many faculty do not know is that in…
So Everything That We Have Read and Heard Is Wrong?
Writing for the New York Times (June 24, 2014), in a column titled “The Reality of Student Debt Is Different than the Cliches,” David Leonhardt reviews a recent study released by the Brookings Institute. These are the main assertions: (1) Student debt, on average, has actually not increased significantly. (2) Because the earnings of college…
Rubrics Are for Rubes: Is There Any Softer Way to Couch This?
FACCC Responds to ACCJC Audit Report
The following media release was issued today by the Faculty Association for the California Community Colleges (FACCC). With members at all 112 California community colleges, FACC describes itself as “a statewide professional membership association that advocates solely for all California Community College faculty. Since 1953, FACCC has provided focused representation for the community college faculty…
California State Auditor Slams ACCJC
As the one-year anniversary of the decision by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) to revoke the accreditation of City College of San Francisco (CCSF) approaches, the Commission is coming under increasing criticism. Today the California Bureau of State Audits (BSA) released its report on the ACCJC’s treatment of community colleges. The…
Community Service: It's for the Birds or Is It for the Dogs?
Reinvesting in Higher Ed: A Lesson from Four States
An “On the Issues” Post from the Campaign for the Future of Higher Education [http://futureofhighered.org] _______________ Jeff Kolnick CFHE Guest Columnist The dramatic increase in college tuition and fees over the past dozen years is justifiably big news. Few doubt that the massive disinvestment of public dollars is responsible for much of the…
More from the AFT on the Situation at CCSF: The ACCJC is the Issue
Less than an hour after uploading my post earlier today entitled AFT 2121 on the Situation at CCSF, I received via Twitter the following press release from the California Federation of Teachers, of which AFT 2121 is a member: ACCJC’s Conflicts Of Interest Invalidate Appeal Decision CFT releases analysis of City College appeal panel finding,…