College of the Canyons

College of the Canyons Adjuncts Identify & Protest Pay Gap

by Tammy Marashlian Despite getting a 2-percent raise this year, College of the Canyons’ part-time faculty is paid less than adjunct faculty at many regional community colleges and is below the state average, state data shows. College of the Canyons has about 430 adjunct faculty who...

A Bigger Slice of the Pie

by Mike Kielkopf For the last several years David Milroy, a part-timer since 1988 at Grossmont, Southwestern and MiraCosta colleges, has been part of a determined battle for parity–“equality in.

Adjunct faculty at California’s College of the Canyons vote to affiliate with the AFT

After nearly two years of legal wrangling, part-time faculty at College of the Canyons finally got what they wanted–the chance to choose which union would represent them. Today, in a.

An Offer They Can Refuse

by Chris Cumo Chuck Whitten never expected to be in the eye of a hurricane. A 25-year broadcast journalist, he had come to the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California as an adjunct to share his passion for journalism. He enjoyed the teaching, but had neither the time...