ACC Adjunct Faculty Sees Progress

Plan would create hybrid lecturer / support staff posts

"...Austin Community College's adjunct faculty is coming closer to a deal with the..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

ACC Faculty Pitches Staff Stability Plan

Two-part plan proposes creating 100 new full-time positions

"...when most higher education establishments are cutting full-time staff, faculty at Austin Community College are proposing that the administration..."

April 25, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

A Mixed Farewell to ACC's Fonté

ACC President Richard Fonté steps down and reflects on his administration and its discontents

"...strong relationship with the health care community, including underwriting faculty positions, and now a partnership with the Austin Police..."

Nov. 28, 2003 News Feature by Michael King

ACC Admits Fumbling Obamacare Memo

Administrators face grilling from local lawmakers

"...the administration's plans to cut the hours of some adjunct faculty, just when they could have started benefitting from..."

Jan. 10, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

$406M ACC Budget Increases Pay Across the Board

College employees receive 3% raise, hourly workers bumped to $15 an hour

"...Some trustees pushed for an additional compensation increase for adjunct employees, who work on a contract basis at the..."

July 12, 2019 News Feature by Austin Sanders

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"...name. There also was inconsistency in the evaluation of faculty, both full-time and part-time who taught these classes. In..."

March 22, 2002 Column

ACC Throws Book at Affordable Care Act

Administrators trim adjunct faculty hours to avoid providing health coverage

"...and Busters. It's not institutions of public education. But adjunct lecturers at Austin Community College face a pay cut..."

Dec. 13, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Your Neighbors, Your Money: ACC Looks for Support

Austin Community College seeks to build support for a tax referendum even as a state audit blasts ACC leaders.

"...As you might guess from the "Our Faculty, Your Neighbors" campaign featured in ads and on billboards..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Michael King

Two Schools of Thought

The upcoming ACC and AISD elections share a ballot but address different challenges

"...digging out of its overall financial predicament, to give faculty a 3.5% raise, and to offer health benefits to..."

April 30, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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Housing, ACC, and Spooner.

"...As a two-time president of the Adjunct Faculty Association at ACC, I have agitated for fair..."

Oct. 29, 1999 Column

Booming in the Bust

ACC advances its higher-ed march across the region – but not everyone is happy

"...employees didn't get an annual raise. This includes the faculty members, who provide the "core services" part of this..."

Aug. 27, 2010 News Feature by Lee Nichols

The Hightower Report

The highly educated working poor: Adjunct professors

"...temporary teachers. Overall, more than half of America's higher-ed faculty members today are "adjunct professors," meaning they are attached..."

Jan. 17, 2014 News Column by Jim Hightower

Naked City

The college's response to its accreditation crisis leaves many without work

"...Things are getting ugly again between the faculty and administration of Austin Community College, as the administration..."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

May 4 Election

It's time to pick ACC Board members again.

"...-- 35,000 students and over 1,400 full- and part-time faculty -- struggling to rebound from a series of budget..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature by Cathy Vaughan

ACC Scrambles for Staff

The college's accreditation troubles leave students without teachers

"...remaining staffing gaps left after the college told 215 adjunct faculty in April they were unqualified to teach this..."

Sept. 3, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

ACC Race

A tangled web of work relationships roils the Kaplan / Mejia-Dietche contest

"...board's legal responsibilities by meeting among themselves or with faculty members without involving the ACC president. Kaplan admits this..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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A tangled web of work relationships roils the Kaplan/Mejia-Dietche contest

"...board's legal responsibilities by meeting among themselves or with faculty members without involving the ACC president. Kaplan admits this..."

May 12, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

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"...am finishing my third term as president of ACC's Adjunct Faculty Association, and I have worked on many ACC..."

May 19, 2006 Column

Article on ACC Did a Disservice to All

"...am finishing my third term as president of ACC's Adjunct Faculty Association, and I have worked on many ACC..."

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ACC Run-Off: Levin Defends His Record

A preview of the ACC Board of Trustees Place 6 run-off election

"...taxing district. Both also support increasing health benefits for adjunct faculty; neither is enthusiastic about full-time faculty demands for..."

June 4, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

MLA Subconference: Politics for Scholars

Two-day event takes place at Cheer Up Charlies

"...“an independent and evolving group of graduate students and adjunct faculty in the humanities who are interested in creating..."

Jan. 6, 2016 News Post by Amy Kamp

Growth Funds: ACC's Bond Proposal

Community college asking for $386 million

"...principle to improve pay and working conditions for its adjunct faculty (see "ACC Adjunct Faculty Sees Progress," May 23),..."

June 27, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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"...strongly supports fair pay and health benefits for the adjunct faculty...."

June 2, 2000 Column

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Readers sound off on a variety of touchy subjects: politicos, abandoned kittens, even the brachiation of apes.

"...that I support any course taught by adequately prepared faculty following a syllabus that has the blessing of a..."

June 15, 2001 Column

Southwest Texas State University

"...the SWT University system, the quality and dedication of faculty members Kathleen Peirce, Debra Monroe, Cyrus Cassells, Dagoberto Gilb,..."

April 21, 2000 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

Gotta Dance!

Kevin Archambault came late to dance, but his love of it and commitment to it have brought the young dancer and choreographer a long way in a short time.

"...at St. Ed's with Susan Loughran (one of the faculty members), so I knew the faculty. It's a very..."

Nov. 17, 2000 Arts Feature by Lindsey Schwartz

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The Chronicle endorsements (or lack thereof) under fire.

"...ACC Adjunct Faculty Association..."

May 5, 2000 Column

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"...› Austin Community College adjunct faculty were stunned last week to receive an administrative..."

Nov. 29, 2013 News Feature

Nov. 6 Elections: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements

"...commitment to public service. Brig Mireles is a longtime adjunct faculty member who helped build and defend the faculty..."

Oct. 19, 2012 News Feature

Vic Villarreal Is Clear Choice

"...the Democratic club forums, as well as the ACC Faculty Senate forum and the ACC Adjunct Faculty forum. If..."

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