FACCCTS Issues

Fall 2024: Complete Journal

Highlighted articles:

• One Size Fails All: Unmasking AB 1705 By Anna Mathews, FACCC Government Relations Director
• The One-Tier Concept for Advancing Student Success and Achieving Faculty Equality By Cynthia Mahabir, Laney College
• A Unified Faculty Model: The Remedy for Decades of Failed Education "Reform" in the California Community Colleges By Dr. Debbie Klein, Gavilan College
• 2024 FACCC PAC Endorsements in Swing Districts By Natalina Teixeira Monteiro, FACCC PAC, and Ryan Tripp, FACCC Communications Committee

Spring 2024: Complete Journal

Highlighted articles:

• The Chatbot-Assisted Learning Environments: Navigating the Labyrinth by David E. Balch, PhD, Rio Hondo College and Robert Blanck, MA
  
• The Revolution Starts Now: Embracing the Disruption of ZTC Pathways by Amy Leonard, De Anza College 
• What is Education For? The End of Repeatability, the Case of AB 811, and the Ultimate Downsizing of Community College by John Fox, Foothill College
• The 50% Law: A Critical Protection for Quality Education By Wendy Brill-Wynkoop, FACCC President

Fall 2023: Complete Journal

Highlighted articles:

• The FACTS of FACCCTS: An Anniversary Introduction to the History of the Journal by Ryan Tripp, Los Medanos College
• Bring Community Back to Community College by Wendy Brill-Wynkoop, FACCC President
• The AI Revolution: ChatGPT's Influence on Education and Integrity by David E. Balch, Ph.D., Rio Hondo College
• Words of Wisdom from FACCC's Presidents by Amy Leonard, De Anza College
• Member Interviews: Kathy O'Connor, Santa Barbara City College & Robin Daniels, Santa Monica College by Oranit Limmaneeprasert, Ph.D., FACCC Vice President

Spring 2023: Complete Journal

Highlighted articles:

• Robots, Fakers, and Ghosts: Course Enrollment Fraud in the Online California Community College System by Ryan Tripp, Los Medanos College
• Increasing Student Enrollment and Reducing Student Unit Accumulation: A Community College Paradox? by Wendy Brill-Wynkoop, FACCC President and Ginni May, ASCCC President
• Anti-Racist Resolutions for the Classroom by Amy Leonard, De Anza College
• Declining Enrollment in California Community Colleges: Is Educational Polarization to Blame? by Evan Hawkins, FACCC Executive Director
• Teaching Methodologies After the Pandemic: Which One is Right for You? by David E. Balch, Ph.D., Rio Hondo College

Fall 2022: Complete Journal

Highlighted articles:

• DEIA: Not all Initiatives are Equal by Evan Hawkins, FACCC Executive Director
  
• Legislators We Like (and why we like them): Past, Present, and (hopefully) Future by John Fox, Ph.D., Foothill College 
• No Better Time for Statewide Advocacy by Wendy Brill-Wynkoop, President, FACCC, College of the Canyons
• Politics, Pendulums, and AB 1705 - Opposing AB 1705 Does Not Mean Opposing Acceleration by Troy Myers, Sacramento City College
  

• Success, Failures, and Forward Momentum: A Look Back at the 2021-2022 Legislative Session by Stephanie Goldman, FACCC Associate Director

Spring 2022: Complete Journal

Highlighted articles:

• Book Review: The Costs of Completion: Student Success in Community College by John Fox, Ph.D., Foothill College 
  
• Academic Freedom in Contemporary Context by Wendy Brill-Wynkoop, College of the Canyons
• The California Higher Education Legislative Machine: From Sputter to Full Speed Ahead by Elizabeth Norvell, San Diego City College
• Looking at Academic Freedom by David E. Balch, Ph.D., Rio Hondo College
• TO KILL AB 2705: Sponsorship, Costs, and Cervisi v. Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board by Ryan Tripp, Los Medanos College

• Building a Mystery...The eLearning Ecosystem in 2022 by Amy Leonard, De Anza College