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Community College Council
(CCC) of the California Federation of Teachers (CFT)
California Federation of Teachers (CFT)
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
AFT Member Benefits (financial
services, insurance, discounts, etc,)
S F Bay Area Educators Credit Union
415-664-4313,
Other
Academic Senate for California Community
Colleges
California Part-time Faculty Association (CPFA)
Faculty Association of California Community
Colleges (FACCC)
Community College
Information:
California Community Colleges Chancellor's
Office
Community College League of California
Calif. Community College Budget Information: Links
California Community College
Directories
California Community College Registry
& JobBank
Info on faculty and
administrative employment opportunities in California Community Colleges
The Chronicle of Higher Education Community
College News
California State Teachers' Retirement System
(STRS)
Academic & Labor
Organizations & Information:
Part-time
Faculty:
California Part-time
Faculty Association (CPFA)
Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor (COCAL) -
California
Faculty Associations:
California Faculty Associaton
(CFA) (CSU faculty)
American Association of University Professors
(AAUP)
Academe (journal of
the AAUP)
National Education Association (NEA) Higher
Education page
Other Faculty/Academic
Organizations:
Workplace: A Journal for Academic
Labor
Human Rights Watch Academic
Freedom Initiative
Institute for Education Policy Studies
Educators for Social Responsibility
Labor Organizations:
International Labour Organization
(ILO)
San Mateo County
Community College District & Colleges:
San Mateo County Community College
District
SMCCCD Employment Opportunities
Information
on "Student Learning Outcomes"
- "The
2002 Accreditation Standards: Implementation" from the
state Academic Senate (ASCCC)
Abstract: Because the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), a division of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) has now adopted the new accrediting standards over our many objections, this report was constructed with three separate thrusts: (1) it accounts for Academic Senate positions and continuing faculty concerns with and objections to the current accreditation approach; (2) it provides a summary of the experiences of the colleges who piloted the new standards; and (3) it provides practical, pragmatic assistance to local senates who must address the new Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) requirements and accommodate the shifting paradigm required for completing the self study. All of these approaches consider why and how the accreditation process should occur within boundaries of local senate governance and with due attention to institutional missions, local bargaining authority, privacy protections under the law, academic freedom, and common sense. The paper concludes with recommendations for local senates and contains useful resources and models within the appendices. - "The
New Accreditation Standards: Guidelines for the Field"
(pdf) by Hoke Simpson,
ASCCC
From the Preface: "Over the past year, the Academic Senate has entertained a host of ideas about how to respond to the now-adopted new accreditation standards that will go into effect in the fall of 2004. These potential responses have been expressed through resolutions, in a variety of documents, in live and written testimony to the Accrediting Commission, and in plenary session breakouts. The one point they have all had in common is an element of opposition to what has been seen as the heart of the new standards, the focus on measurable student learning outcomes (MSLOs). The most radical proposal has been that faculty simply refuse to participate in the application of the new standards altogether, both in the development of self-studies and as members of accreditation teams. While appealing for its simplicity and directness, this strategy has not been adopted by the Academic Senate; not only would such an approach present a seemingly insuperable logistical challenge (everyone would have to participate for it to be successful), but abandoning the local response to those outside the faculty would seem to be an extremely risky gambit. Indeed, our thinking is that the only reasonable course at the local level isfor faculty to assume ownership of the new standards and of the techniques for responding to them."
"Shared Governance in the California Community Colleges" by Linda Collins, former ASCCC President
"Despite legislation that promises them a bigger role in the state’s two-year colleges, - "Response
of the ASCCC to the California Master Plan for Education"
See Recommendation 21, which begins: "While we agree in some senses about the importance of assessing student achievement and progress (see response to next recommendation), we feel that the Committee has tilted much too far in the current draft toward embracing a focus on measurable student learning outcomes." - "Community
College Accountability Measures" resolution by the
- "Assessing
Student Learning Outcomes" from CSM Research Office
- Student
Learning Outcomes policies at San Diego Mesa College
"Policy on the Genesis, Development and Application of Student Learning Outcomes" concludes: "The decisions about the genesis, development, and global application of SLOs are a collective responsibility of faculty, administrators, and accrediting agencies; nonetheless, the responsibility for the interpretation and local implementation of SLOs shall remain within the purview of individual faculty department/programs or student services units." - "Assessing
Student Learning in Community Colleges" by Janet Fulks,
"A website designed to introduce faculty to Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and assessment. The purpose of this website is to make assessment possible and practical in any course or program" - "Internet
Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment"
Excellent annotated links to conference sites, assessment handbooks, accrediting bodies, and a large section of individual institutions’ assessment-related pages, from
Publications
on Single Payer Healthcare System
(cited in November 2002 Advocate
article):
- "The Forgotten Domestic
Crisis" by Marcia Angell. New York Times Oct. 13, 2002
- "Paying for National Health
Care--And Not Getting It" by Steffie Woolhandler & David Himmelstein.
Health Affairs v.21 n.4
- National
AFL-CIO Executive Council Statement on "Renewing the Drive for
Comprehensive Health Care Reform" February 25, 2003
- National
AFL-CIO Executive Council Statement on "The Crisis in Health
Care" adopted August 6, 2002
- Ohio AFL-CIO
resolution on Health Care for All
Privatization
& Globalization of Higher Education
(cited in February 2003 Perspective article):
- "Education
for Democracy: Fighting the Corporate Takeover" conference sponsored
by the University of Missouri, Kansas City chapter of the American
Association of University Professors
- "Education
for Democracy: Fighting the Corporate Takeover" from Workplace: A
Journal for Academic Labor v. 4.2 February 2002
- "Globalization,
Privatization, War: In Defense of Public Education in the Americas"
conference sponsored by the Professional Staff Congress (AFT local
representing faculty at the City University of New York)
- "Globalization
and Education As A Commodity" by Professor William Tabb (from PSC's Clarion Summer 2001)
- Links
to articles on privatization of education (from PSC website)
- "Globalization,
Trade Agreements and Education" from the British Columbia
Teachers’ Federation
- Civil Society
Network for Public Education in the Americas conference papers
- "The
General Agreement on Trade in Services: What's at Stake for Post-Secondary
Education?" from the Canadian Association of University Teachers
(CAUT)
- Open
World Conference International Conference in Defense of Public Education,
June 2003
last updated 4-16-08