Threats to STRS: How the FA Is Fighting for Your Pension
Threat to Your State Pension This is a very real concern for full time faculty at MiraCosta and teachers across the state. Attorney Bob...
Canvas Conversion Compensation? FA Seeking Equity for Significant Additional Work
This year at the CCCI conference (California Community College Independents), attending FA members learned that many unions are...
Meet Your Friend, Weingarten. Know Your Faculty Rights.
One of the roles of the Faculty Assembly, and in particular the Office of the Ombuds, is to ensure its members are educated on their...
Important Information for Families
Open enrollment has begun, and the FA has some advice for those considering creating or expanding your family. As part of the FA’s...
Volunteering for the MiraCosta Bond
Passage of MiraCosta’s proposed bond measure will require 55% of voters in the MCC community college district to say “Yes” to MM. After...
Dear Scotty, "Am I Paying Too Much?"
Dear Scotty, Long time reader, first time writer. My question is a bit more specific than some that appear in your column, and I’m not...
Remembering Leon Baradat
It’s with heavy hearts that we report that Political Science Instructor Emeritus Leon Baradat has passed away. He had been battling...
Resolution and Scholarship Honoring Leon Baradat
As you’ve all heard by now, MiraCosta mourns the loss of Professor Emeritus Leon Baradat. We’d like to personally thank Jonathan Cole and...
About the MiraCosta Bond
By now you’ve probably heard quite a bit of chatter around campus about the upcoming MiraCosta bond election. If not, there is no doubt...
What are the CalSTRS changes?
On February 13, 2014, Jack Ehnes (CEO of CalSTRS) released a report indicating that the unfunded liability was more than $60 billon, with...
