Colleagues, We have several seats available for you and a guest at this Saturday's annual Labor Council Awards Dinner. Seats will be given away on a first-to-call, first-served basis by calling the AFT office at 619-640-1155. Flier available The event will be held at...
The Trouble With Online College
February 18, 2013 New York Times Stanford University ratcheted up interest in online education when a pair of celebrity professors attracted more than 150,000 students from around the world to a noncredit, open enrollment course on artificial intelligence. This...
CFT-sponsored 2013 Legislation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, February 25, 2013 Contact: Steve Hopcraft, 916/457-5546; steve@hopcraft.com Fred Glass, 510/ 579-3343; fglasscft@gmail.com CFT-sponsored 2013 Legislation 55% Majority for Local School Parcel Taxes, Classroom Security Locks SACRAMENTO, CA...
Defending Quality Education
January 24, 2013 By Bob Samuels One potentially positive result of the current fascination with online education is that universities and colleges may be forced to define and defend quality education. This analysis of what we value should help us to present to the...
TODAY: AFT Mesa College Site Liaison Meeting
Just a friendly reminder of today's meeting... On Feb 14, 2013, at 8:46 AM, AFT Guild, Local 1931 wrote: Dear Mesa College AFT members, Just a friendly reminder that our Mesa College AFT site liaison meeting will be held next Tuesday, February 19th from 3:00-4:30 in...
AFT Mesa College Site Liaison Meeting
Dear Mesa College AFT members, Just a friendly reminder that our Mesa College AFT site liaison meeting will be held next Tuesday, February 19th from 3:00-4:30 in room H-117/118. All AFT unit members are invited to attend! Come and speak in real time with real people...
FLEX Concerns
Dear Mesa Faculty, In light of the flurry of emails regarding flex, we will be convening a districtwide flex coordinators meeting to address all concerns that have been raised. Since I may have missed some of your email messages, please click here and log in your...
MOOC Primer Unthinking Technophilia and the Future of Higher Education
Toward the end of the fall semester the San Diego City College Academic Senate passed a resolution raising concerns about the way the push toward MOOCs threatens both our shared governance process and the integrity of our profession and the quality of the education we...
AFT National Higher Education Issues Conference in San Diego
Dear Colleagues, This year's AFT National Higher Education Issues Conference will be held right here in sunny San Diego, March 8-10, 2013, at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. Some of our featured presenters for the conference include: · Dr. David Hayes-Bautista,...
Pushing community college reform too far
Editorial Gov. Jerry Brown's ambitious plan to overhaul community colleges is potentially harmful to students. January 27, 2013 More than any other sector of public education in the state, the California Community Colleges system has been reforming itself in...