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Fact of the Week 5/7/20: The State of Adjunct Faculty
The State of Adjunct Faculty Did you know: A new AFT report reveals that a large percentage of part-time faculty are barely getting by...
May 7, 2020
Fact of the Week 4/30/20 - Trying to Cross the Finish Line: Athletics, Health and Kinesiology
Misleading Narrative: The Athletics Department is an expensive program that has been deficit spending for years. Facts: The Athletics...
Apr 30, 2020
Fact of the Week 4/23/20: Sabbaticals Enrich Palomar Students’ Education
As You Know: Sabbaticals have been a topic of conversation at recent Governing Board meetings. This is not surprising given our shared...
Apr 23, 2020
Fact of the Week 4/16/2020: The Fiscal Monitor is Watching
As You Know: Due to past mismanagement of the College's budget, Palomar College now has a fiscal monitor looking over our shoulder. ...
Apr 16, 2020


Fact of the Week: 4/9/20 - Welcome to Zoom University
As You Know: Working from home presents all sorts of challenges, and teaching from home presents yet another level of challenges! This...
Apr 9, 2020
Fact of the Week: 4/2/20 - Working People Standing Together
Whew, we have almost made it through the first week of completely remote teaching! Did You Know: PFF and our parent Union, CFT, have been...
Apr 2, 2020
Fact of the Week for 3/19/20: Teaching in the Time of COVID-19
Getting information and help going remote: We know you have been inundated with emails regarding going remote during the COVID-19...
Mar 19, 2020
Fact of the Week for 3/11/20: COVID-19 - Keep Calm and Teach On
Contingency Planning in the Face of Uncertainty: Just to make things more interesting around here, we are now trying to forecast how ...
Mar 12, 2020
Fact of the Week for 3/5/20: At the Table or On the Menu?
Did you Know? The law limits the items that the Union can negotiate. Many areas of faculty concern are not negotiable, but the Union can...
Mar 5, 2020
Fact of the Week for 2/27/20: Best Wishes - The Outcome of the Retirement Early Notification Pa...
Outcome: The District and the PFF negotiated an early retirement notification payout of $3000 for faculty and staff to submit their...
Feb 27, 2020
Fact of the Week for 02/20/20 - Reduction in Force: Survival Guide
Understanding Reduction in Force (RIF): At the Community College level, RIFs are extremely rare and are always the last resort. In the...
Feb 20, 2020
Fact of the Week for 2/13/20: Evaluations - The Administration Edition
Did you know? When administrators are evaluated, faculty are supposed to provide input for those evaluations. Facts: Faculty evaluation...
Feb 13, 2020
Fact of the Week for 2/6/2020 - Is There a SRP?
Hot off the Press: After careful study of the proposal and data the District gave to the PFF and CCE regarding a potential Supplemental...
Feb 6, 2020
Fact of the Week for 1/30/20 - How much does a course really cost?
Question: How much does it cost to run a class at Palomar? And how many students does it take to “pay” for a class? Facts: How much it...
Jan 30, 2020
Fact of the Week for 1/23/20 - The Cost of Doing Business
In today's Fact of the Week, we look at the cost of doing business. Misleading Narrative: PFF costs the District over $250,000 for the...
Jan 23, 2020
Fact of the Week for 1/16/20 - Health Care for Few
Faculty, This week's Truth on Thursdays covers health care. Did you know? Palomar College does not pay for health care benefits for the...
Jan 16, 2020
Fact of the Week for 1/9/20: Do SRPs Always Save Money?
Misleading Narrative: A SRP (Supplemental Retirement Program which incentivizes long-term faculty to retire early) will definitely be...
Jan 9, 2020
Fact of the Week for 1/2/20: Faculty Leading with Cooperation
Happy New Year!! Misleading Narrative: The Faculty Union is being uncooperative with the District, refusing to negotiate regarding the...
Jan 2, 2020
Fact of the Week - December 26th
Happy Holidays! Misleading Narrative: Faculty retirement, in the form of STRS, has been a big problem for the District this past year,...
Dec 26, 2019
Truth on Thursday #2
Faculty, it's time for Truth on Thursday. Misleading Narrative: Full-time faculty overload pay costs the District millions of dollars...
Dec 19, 2019
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