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The Oregon Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor (Oregon COCAL) is a group of contingent higher education faculty in Oregon that seek equity with their full-time faculty brothers and sisters in wage, benefits, working conditions, and job security.




“Contingency is a threat to quality, not contingent faculty. It’s not who we are but how we are treated that undermines the quality of higher education.”

Frank Brooks, Roosevelt University

Roosevelt Adjunct Faculty Organization (RAFO)/IEA/NEA




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Oregon COCAL is endorsed by:


  1. Bullet The American Federation of Teachers Oregon (AFT-Oregon) 


  1. Bullet The Oregon Education Association (OEA) 




We are building a network of contingent community college faculty in the State of Oregon.

Currently, this website serves as an information and communication resource for contingent faculty in Oregon.  We encourage all contingent community college faculty in the State of Oregon to join our community.


We encourage comments and discussion on this site.

Please make your comments to individual posts on this site by clicking on the “add a comment” link within that post. We ask that your comments be collegial and respectful to other readers. Using your true name in comments is preferred, but not required.


To be a member of Oregon COCAL, all you need to do is participate.

You can do that by regularly posting comments to articles on this site, by participating in Oregon COCAL sponsored activities, or by attending Steering Committee Meetings.

We also welcome guest posts to the site. Submit your post to Barry Edwards at the link below for review by the Steering Committee.

For more information about Oregon COCAL, email one of the members of the Steering Committee by clicking on their name below (listed alphabetically): 


Barry Edwards

Teri Pastore

David Rives

Rosemary Teetor



 

Oregon COCAL

Recommended Resources Video No Teacher Left Behind A short film by Linda Janakos AFT Oregon Lobbies for Better Faculty Jobs A film posted on You Tube showing the March 28 testimony on FACE legislation in Oregon, sponsored by AFT  Links Adjunct Nation An online magazine on contingent issues American Association of University Professors (AAUP) AAUP Contingent Faculty “Contingent Appointments and the Academic Profession” position paper American Federation of Teachers (AFT) AFT FACE Talk A blog on contingent faculty issues nationally AFT-Oregon AFT Higher Education COCAL-CA California COCAL California Part-time Faculty Association Campus Equity Week Official website Chicago COCAL COCAL VIII Conference information Community College Research Center @ Columbia University COCAL-CT Connecticut COCAL Contingent Adjunct Mailing List - to join listserv Inside Higher Ed Jobs with Justice A national coalition of workers and advocates National Education Association (NEA) NEA Contingent Faculty and Professional Staff Protection Resolution pdf NEA Higher Ed Resources for Contingent Faculty Northwest Labor Press Oregon Education Association (OEA) Workplace A journal for Academic Labor Washington Education Association (WEA) Higher Ed page  Books and Articles AAUP Contingent Faculty Index AAUP Statement on Academic Freedom and Tenure 1940 Access to Unemployment Insurance Benefits - For Contingent Faculty A link to buy a hard copy of the book by Joe Berry, Beverly Stewart, & Helena Worthen or to download a free pdf version. This is also a link to the Chicago COCAL website main page. AFT Statement on Academic Freedom 2007 Best Practices for Assuring the Rights of Part-time Faculty Within Unions A conference paper for COCAL VI by Michael Dembrow and David Rives The California Part-time Faculty Association Forum: A Thumbnail Sketch of Our History and Our Goals Challenging Stereotypes That Interfere With Effective Governance An article in the Fall 2006 issue of the NEA Higher Ed. Journal, Thought and Action Cold Anger Mary Beth Rogers, University of North Texas Press, 1990 The Constant Gardner Teri Pastore, from the February issue of OEA Today don’t think of an elephant! 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