Sample Resolution To Maintain the Quality of California's Higher Education

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Thank you,  COCAL-CA

RESOLUTION

In Recognition of Contingent, Part-time, Adjunct, Non-tenured Faculty

in the State of California Public Institutions of Higher Education

and

In Support of the Ongoing Efforts to Raise Public Awareness

and to Achieve Fair and Equitable Treatment

 Whereas the California system of public higher education, being widely recognized as one of the finest in the nation and attracting students from all over the world, has traditionally depended upon a core of tenured faculty and faculty who seek to attain full-time tenured positions based on achievement in teaching, research, and ancillary professional services; and

 Whereas, in the last decade, instruction in California Community Colleges, California State University and University of California has become dependent on a growing number of part-time, adjunct, full-time non-tenure-track faculty, and graduate student employees who together represent nearly two-thirds of the faculty, resulting in an erosion of the tenure system and a reduction in academic and support services available to college and university students; and

 Whereas, these contingent faculty members teach with distinction and make major contributions to the institutions they serve despite inadequate compensation and benefits, lack of professional support, and little or no opportunity to advance to full-time, tenured positions, which has resulted in low morale, high turnover and, ultimately, damage to the profession:

 Be it now RESOLVED that (your group) will contact the California Legislature or local legislators in order to:

 (1) recognize the contributions of part-time, adjunct faculty, full-time non-tenure-track faculty, and graduate student employees who teach in California colleges and universities.

 (2) support efforts to raise public awareness of deteriorating working and learning conditions in the State’s higher education system.

 (3) promote solutions which provide fair and equitable treatment for contingent faculty in higher education including but not limited to creating fair hiring practices and ensuring the right to a stable career path for all who enter the three systems of public higher education desiring permanent tenured positions;

 (4) reaffirm the State’s promise to California students by opposing further cuts and re-establishing a stable academic workforce.

 Prepared by COCAL-California, PO Box 2278, Santa Rosa, CA 95405

www.cocal-ca.org

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