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Budget Wars

Also in this issue:

Ballot to Budget: Part II
Once Upon a Time & Happily Ever After: My Transition from Part-time to Full-time
A Demonstration of Advocacy: COLA Index Preserved
The Nature of Our Paradox
Retirement Woes Dissolving
Onward to 2010:Making Faculty Central to the Cause
Change Offers Its Hand:Part-Time Parity and “Regularization

and much more!

How California's Community Colleges are Going Green

Also in this issue:
Mercy, Mercy Me: Things STILL Ain't What They Used To Be
by Suzanne Crawford
De Anza's Kirsch Center: An Award-Winning Building That Captures a Teaching Moment by Rich Hansen
Swirling: Nomads in Search of Affordability and Convenience by Rachel Winston
Going Green by Fran Pavley

and much more!

Proposition 92: How We Can Win by John McDowell
Our Fifteen Minutes of Fame by Lantz Simpson, Becky Curtis, Dennis Frisch and Martin Goldstein

Also in this issue:
The Web and Intellectual Authority by Carlos Guerrero
The People and Promise of California, a book review by Sandra Tarling Powazek
A Mashup of One's Own: Intellectual Property in an Information Age by Joni Jordan
2007 FACCC EI Conference in Review

and much more!

Celebrating the Stars of California's Community Colleges
Featuring "Pearls" from the 2007 Writers' Retreat

Also in this issue:
Get a Life: Teaching as a 24/7 Profession by Joni Jordan
Interview with the Incoming FACCC President Bill Hewitt
History of the CC by Carlos R. Guerrero
Value Centered Living by Rachel Winston
Q&A on the Community College Initiative
In Search of the Good Life by Manuel Lopez
Pied Pipers of the Professorate by John McFarland
Readers Write on Celebrating the CCCs

and much more!

FACCC Education Institute Presents: 2007 Conference --GET INTO GEAR

Also in this issue:
Gone with the Windbag by John McFarland
Conversation with Assemblymember Jean Fuller
Lost in Cyberspace: How Do I Get Out? by Nishi Shah-Williams
Basic Skills: We CAN Work Together by Barbara Illowsky, PhD and Richard Mahon, PhD
"I, Me, Mine" on Steroids -- Are Today's College Students and Young People More Narcissistic? by Suzanne Crawford
and much more!

Basic Skills: the Promise of Access for California Community College Students
by Rachel Winston

Basic Skills and the New Millennium: a Post-"3Rs" Brave New World?
by Suzanne Crawford

Also in this issue:
Readers Write on Basic Skills in the Classroom
A Day in the Life: Cuba -- an Inside Look at Education by Richard Hansen
The Power of One: the Untold Story of AB 2941
Quadre Theologica by John McFarland
and much more!

Crossing the Digital Divide: Understanding and Engaging 21st Century Students
by Rachel Winston

Not LOL@Nu Wrtng: Lamenting Text Lingo
by Suzanne Crawford

Also in this issue:
Readers Write on MySpace vs. Your Space
The New Standards for Math & English: Good? Bad? Who Knows?
by Suzanne Crawford
For Whom Are Admissions Possible by John McFarland
2006 Conference in Review
and much more!

Immigrant Students: Gaining Visibility
by Richard Hansen and Laura Casas-Frier

Also in this issue:
Readers Write on Immigration and Its Impact on California's Community Colleges
Empowering Students with dis-Abilities by Suzanne Crawford
The "Reality" Gap by Lance Blount
A Day in the Life: Tales of Full- and Part-Time Faculty
and much more!

Addressing the CalSTRS Unfunded Actuarial Obligation:
What You Need to Know
by Carolyn Widener, vice president of the Teachers' Retirement Board (TRB) and chair of the TRB Benefits and Services Committee

Also in this issue:
Sixty to Eighty, A Cautionary Tale by Rich Hansen
Podcasting & Vodcasting in Academia by Rachel Winston
Leadership Crisis: Training a New Generation by Rachel Winston
The Sixty Percent Law: Keep It, Abolish It, or Change It? by Suzanne Crawford
Walking the Line: How Academic Freedom Affects Teaching & Learning by Joni Jordan
and Much More!

Community Colleges Must Take the Initiative: Measure Being Touted for the November 2006 Ballot Is the Solution
by John McDowell, Political Director, LA College Faculty Guild & Member, FACCC Board of Governors

Also in this issue:
Gone With the Wind? A Look at Edu-fashion by Joni Jordan
Proposition Community Colleges: What's Going On? by Jonathan Lightman
Keeping Tabs on Your Retirement: An Update for Part-Time Faculty by Cliff Liehe
Eye on Compton Community College: An Accreditation Update & Alert by Wanda Morris
Student Learning Outcomes: Enhancers of Learning or Spoilers of Magic? by Suzanne Crawford
and much more!

Mobilizing Student Power for Community Colleges
by John McDowell, Political Director, LA College Faculty Guild & Member, FACCC Board of Governors

Also in this issue:
CalSTRS Update: Moving Ahead on AB 1586 Benefit Recalculations
The Student Novel Gets a Sex Change, John McFarland
On Sane and Insane Elections, Jonathan Lightman
The Years Under AB 1725: Two Past Presidents Reflect on Their Experiences & the Meaning of Faculty Activisim, or "FACCCtivism"
and much more!

Defining Effective District Leadership
by Cy Gulassa

Also in this issue:
Outside Experts or Hired Guns? Mona Field
Part-Time Faculty Still on the Ropes, a book review by Preston Rose
Who's Looking Out for You? Jonathan Lightman
and much more!

The Coming Pension War
by Carolyn Widener

Also in this issue:
Et tu, Bureaucracy?
Money, Monsters & Fear, Oh My!
Interview with Asm. Alberto Torrico
Turf or Surf: The Rising Tide of Online Education
STRS & FACCC: Solving the Puzzle of Part-Time Faculty Retirement
and much more!

Working Together to Keep Faculty Health Benefits Off Life Support
by Susan Aminoff

Also in this issue:
2004 FACCC Conference in Review
Unequal Benefits for Retirees: an Ethical Dilemma
Distance Learning...Wait! Hold That Thought!
Half Full or Half Empty, a Closer Look at Part-Time Faculty Health Benefits
Making the Most of College, Students Speak Their Minds, a book review
and much more!

CPR Looms at Cliff's Edge
by Jane Hallinger

California Performance Review: What's Behind the Noise?
by Jonathan Lightman

Also in this issue:
Political Survivor
Hot August Nights
The Hustle of Higher Ed
The Secrets of College Success
Small Group Instruction in Higher Education, a book review
Tales of Shahrazad for the Twenty-First Century, a book review
and much more!

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