Two bills designed to improve the working conditions of part-time community college professors were easily approved by the state Assembly Higher Education Committee on Tuesday, but questions remain as to whether they will become law. AB 1856 sponsored by Assembly Member Jose Medina, D-Riverside, the committee chair, would allow part-timers, generally called adjuncts, to teach up to 85% of a full-time teaching load in... <span class="read-more"><a href="https://edsource.org/2022/pair-of-bills-to-aid-community-college-adjuncts-advance-in-state-assembly/669924">read more</a></span>