AFT Colorado

Sweet news to the ears of 10,000+ adjuncts in Colorado who can now easily qualify and access the Public Service Loan Forgiveness(PSLF) program! Student loan debt relief is close for many faculty! Thank you to our sponsors Janice Marchman for Colorado Senator Julie Gonzales Colorado Representative Mary Young, HD 50, and all the supporters in the House and the Senate. Thank you, Governor Jared Polis!

This makes Colorado only the 5th state to offer this relief to overworked and underpaid adjuncts! Thank you to all our member activists who are ready to take on pressing issues in the higher education workforce and find solutions for better student outcomes!

American Federation of TeachersAmerican Association of University ProfessorsAAUP ColoradoColorado State University AAUP ChapterMetro State Faculty FederationColorado Department of Higher Education

As we get closer to a hearing in the Colorado House of Representatives after successful passage in the Senate, we are hopeful of this legislative effort leading to a spotlight being turned on the difficult and exploitative conditions under which adjunct faculty serve our students and their communities!

We thank Kolker for Colorado for his statement in support of Colorado adjunct professors at the Senate Education Committee hearing on Wednesday, February 8.

Thank you to Janice Marchman for Colorado, Senator Julie Gonzales, and Colorado Representative Mary Young, HD 50 for their work on SB23-084, which has passed the third hearing and is moving to the House! Learn more here: https://bit.ly/SupportSB23-084

Jessica Bertram is a faculty at the Metropolitan State University of Denver and is an active union member of the Metro State Faculty Federation. Her union is holding a town hall today to discuss this abrupt decision taken without any faculty consultation. Join her and others at 4PM.
On-Campus Location: Boulder Creek Room 132 (Previously known as the Technology Building)
For the zoom link, visit https://msudenverff.org

MSU Denver faculty feel ‘universal anger’ as plans to reduce workload are indefinitely delayed A provost-backed plan would have reduced the number of classes professors taught each semester, giving them more time for research obligations and student support.

An hour from now Felicia Brown and many more hard-working adjuncts across Colorado will be embarking on an exciting legislative journey that gives them enhanced access to Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. It would mean no more agonizing choices between dental work and glasses. Not worrying about laptops or car tires V/s Loan payments. Let's go and get this done Felicia! AAUP Colorado Colorado State University AAUP Chapter American Association of University ProfessorsAmerican Federation of TeachersAFT Higher Education

Tomorrow’s the day! Sign up here to share testimony in support of the bill on Wednesday, February 8 at 1:30pm in person, via Zoom, or in writing and support all the Colorado higher education instructors and faculty that would experience the life-altering benefit of Public Service Loan Forgiveness proposed by SB23-084.

https://www2.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2023A/commsumm.nsf/signup.xsp?h=SWT

Dr. Mary Van Buren, President of Our AAUP CSU Ft.Collins Chapter on the finalist for President of CSU Ft. Collins.

“I think many people across the university are concerned about her lack of academic background,” said council member Mary Van Buren, a professor of anthropology. “She has experience as a lawyer, policing the university. She has experience as an administrator, and she has experience as an entrepreneur.”

Van Buren went on to note that Parsons’ six-page cover letter to the Board of Governors, outlining her interest and qualifications for the job, barely mentioned the word “faculty.”

“And I find that very concerning,” she said.
Colorado State University AAUP

CSU Faculty Council raises concerns about presidential finalist's qualifications Colorado State University's Faculty Council raises concerns about presidential finalist Amy Parsons' lack of experience in teaching and research