Published in the January 31, 2014 Santa Maria Times. Tests going back to 1998 tell the same story—American students at all levels are seriously deficient in writing skills. Only 3 percent possess advanced or superior abilities when it comes to writing. This is no surprise to a writing instructor. For almost two decades I have […]

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Happy New Year to everyone! Welcome to 2014! 2013 turned out to be an exceptionally good year for the Part-Time Faculty Association. I am writing this in the hope that 2014 will be even better. Just for starters, last year we increased our membership by more than 40%. We moved to a new office, won […]

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