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Support SB 23-084.
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News Update.
“CSU Pueblo faculty hosts ‘teach-in’ to address low salaries” “Colorado universities may soon be allowed to offer longer contracts to non-tenured faculty”
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CSU-Pueblo Campus Teach-In on February 2nd.
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Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
The deadline to apply for the expanded Public Service Loan Forgiveness program is coming up fast. As our partners at the American Federation of Teacher’s explain: If you have student debt and, like most AFT members, work for a public employer or nonprofit organization—regardless of whether you work in education, healthcare or another profession—you could have your entire debt balance forgiven, but YOU MUST APPLY before Oct. 31, 2022, to benefit from the temporary PSLF waiver. To learn more, click here.
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What is the wage for the part-time instructors (adjuncts) in the Colorado Community College System?
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AAUP & AFT unite to push for fair compensation throughout Colorado higher education.
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Debt Relief: An Overview
On August 24, 2022, President Joe Biden announced an effort to provide relief through debt cancellation to qualified borrowers. Since then, many questions have arisen. Here, we seek to address some of the most frequent questions: Debt Relief: An Overview How much student loan debt is eligible for cancellation? Federal student loans recipients are eligible to receive up to $10,000 in debt cancellation. Additionally, Pell Grant recipients are eligible to receive an additional $10,000 for a total of up to $20,000 in debt cancellation. If the borrower owes less than that amount, only the remaining balance will be canceled. Who is eligible for student loan cancellation? Borrowers who earn less…
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CO Conference Co-President Caprice Lawless Wins Georgina A. Smith Award.
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Collective Bargaining and the College Tuition Fallacy.
By Stephen Mumme and Caprice Lawless For better than a decade, faculty at Colorado’s public colleges and universities have sought to arrest the erosion of state investment in instructional capacity, best seen in the rapid growth of so-called adjunct, or nontenure-track faculty, over the past 25 years. Today, these adjunct faculty provide between 30 to 70% of all undergraduate credit hour instruction to Colorado students, while compensated at less than living wage levels even when working full time at many Colorado colleges… …continue reading at the Boulder Daily Camera
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Rally for Fair Salaries at CSU-Fort Collins.