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The Advocate – 32.5 – March-April 2009 (1.3 MB)
In this issue:
- Arbitrator reinstates probationary faculty member with back pay
- The committee to revise the faculty evaluation process has still not been OK’ed by the District
- Compressed Calendar Task Force update
- President’s Letter: Comparing rights of faculty in California with the rest of the nation
- Flex days, flex time: faculty’s rights and responsibilities
- Cal-PASS: High school, college and university faculty share issues in common disciplines
- Conference focuses on how to defend public workers and social services amidst the economic crisis in California
- Trustee responds to Advocate letter on administrators’ pay
The Advocate – 32.4 – February 2009 (755 KB)
In this issue:
- Faculty rights to free political speech must be protected
- Retirement incentives not as popular among faculty as for administrators & classified staff
- Come out!
- How will reductions in full-time faculty affect the rest of us?
- Lezlee Ware is new Cañada College Chapter Co-Chair
- CFT and state Academic Senate oppose requiring the use of SLOs in faculty evaluations
The Advocate – 32.3 – December 2008 (900 KB)
In this issue:
- Concerns raised about faculty’s and students’ rights to free political expression on campus
- District email on “Posting of Information”
- Legal basis for faculty’s right to free political expression
- President’s Letter: The effects of a strong labor movement
- CFT and AFT scholarships available
- District retirees to meet on December 12
