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On the Roadwith Christine Maitland * There was an extra measure of excitement at the California Faculty Association Representative Assembly this fall. The gathering, held in Los Angeles in October, was upbeat for a couple of reasons. First, because California Governor Gray Davis recently signed agency fee legislation that may help bring as many as 11,000 new members into CFA, making it the largest NEA higher education affiliate. In addition, delegates were excited because one of CFA's own members, Gloria Romero, whom the Association helped elect to the California State Legislature in last fall's election, was a featured speaker at the assembly. Assemblywoman Romero spoke to the group about the importance of the California State University to the people of California. Affordable, quality, public higher education for all was part of Romero's platform in her Assembly bid. Romero, a product of public higher education in California, having attended Barstow Community College, Cal State Long Beach, and the University of California Riverside, now serves on the Assembly's higher education committee. She was a professor of psychology at Cal State Los Angeles at the time of her election. Delegates to the RA were also excited about an initiative of their own: on "The Future of the CSU: Regaining a University for the People of California," a project to expand CFA's role in making sure the CSU faculty plays a leading role in ensuring that the working people of California have access to a first-class university education. *Christine Maitland coordinates NEA higher ed activities. |
