A Conference on

Contingent Faculty and Funding
in California's Public Universities and Community Colleges:

Can We Stop the War on Education?

MAY 3, 2003

sponsored by

COCAL-California
Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor

California Community Colleges • California State University

University of California

9:00am - 6:00pm

Faculty Club
University of California, Berkeley, CA

 
 
Tentative schedule:

10:00 - 11:30 - Panel 1

Dismantling the Faculty: Effects of Contingent Hiring on the Integrity of Higher Education. Tenure and the Caste System, Shared Governance, Academic Freedom, Educational Quality and Access

11:45 - 1:15 - Panel 2

Disinvestment in Higher Education: State Budgets, Administrative Priorities. Contextualizing this Budget Crisis

1:15 - 2:00 - Lunch

2:00 - 3:30 - Panel 3

Organizing to Mitigate the Damage, Reverse the Trends

 
3:30 - 5:00 - Group Discussions

Strategy with Colleagues in Neighboring Institutions
Preparing for Campus Equity Week

 

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Registration Form
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COCAL - CALIFORNIA
Contingent Faculty and Funding
in California's Public Universities and Community Colleges 

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION
(Please Print)


Name:________________________________________________________________
 
Address:______________________________________________________________
 
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Organization / Affiliation:_______________________________________________
 
Phone:_____________________ Email:_____________________________________
 
The conference is FREE. Box lunches will be provided. PreRegistration is requested for planning purposes only. Mail to:

COCAL-California
PO Box 2278
Santa Rosa, CA 95405

Or simply Email the info to Mary Ellen Goodwin,

megsplace@earthlink.net - Subject line:"COCAL-CA Conference"

Subscribe to the COCAL-CA listserv with a message to:

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