Collin TFA

Collin College isn’t the only two-year school in Texas slyly finding ways to fix the system in order to eliminate people they don’t like.

Thankfully, Salvatore Frisella, Paul Day, and Jeff Hughes aren’t taking the shenanigans lying down.

Promised rolling three-year contracts as had been the norm for many years, they found themselves—and the entire Dallas College faculty—knocked down to year-long contracts.

The plaintiffs believe Dallas College enacted the policy change as a punitive measure against faculty who voted “no confidence” in the Chancellor, created a local chapter of the AAUP, and advocated for a faculty Senate.

The outcome and precedent of this case will be meaningful for everyone who works in higher ed in Texas.

*Note: our original post said the plaintiffs had been non-renewed. That is incorrect; they were moved from three-year to single-year contracts.

SALVATORE FRISELLA, PAUL PATRICK DAY, and HOWARD JEFFREY HUGHES v. DALLAS COLLEGE 1-plaintiffs-original-complaintDownload

I actually received an apple this semester. First one ever! Best gift.

Guess what? If you teach at Collin College, the administration has an early holiday gift for you.

You see, they understand how difficult it can be to handle a Canvas course all by yourself. Therefore--at least according to three separate reports we've been given firsthand from current faculty--administrators are now joining your Canvas courses and monitoring all your activity. How helpful!

In some cases, they are even messaging your students on your behalf. Isn't that thoughtful of them? Now you have extra time to take a long lunch or even get a mani.

If you want to send a personalized thank-you note to whichever sneaky Secret Santa is trolling around in your course, you can find their name and get an activity report of everything they've done by following these instructions:

https://teaching.pitt.edu/resources/how-to-view-your-course-roster-and-manage-users-in-canvas/