Important Updates: April Business Meeting, Compression, Overenrollment, and IncludED

Hello DCFA membership. We wanted to provide a few important updates.

First, due to a number of current agenda items we are working on not having final resolution yet - and thus no definitive information for us to provide - our regularly-scheduled monthly business meeting this Friday is cancelled.  We will continue to update you all through the blog and via emails from your respective campus FA Presidents.

That said, here are some updates we can provide.

Faculty Compression

The DCFA is actively working with the academics and HR on the issue of compression. While we had hoped to report information to you, we’re still not at that point in the process.

A few things of note: we’ve been told that once we have a plan to address compression, it will be back dated to January 1, 2024 as far as pay adjustments for those affected.

Additionally, we ask that ALL FT faculty check Workday for their profile (person icon on right hand side of screen) looking for their benefits effective date if their first FT position with Dallas College was as a faculty member. For those who leveled-up, check to see what your dates are in Workday. We strongly encourage you to contact HR asking for the following: 

Original hire date =

Latest hire date =

Benefits effective date =

If you had any break in service (this includes starting as a Visiting Scholar or Temp FT but not signing a contract for permanent employment before graduation of the year you were in a temp/visiting position), your dates may vary.

Overenrollment Ending

There has been some miscommunication from administration regarding the DCFA involvment in the decision to sunset overenrollment. While the DCFA was informed about the removal of over-enrollment pay effective FA2024, we learned of this plan the same day the Vice Provost’s were also informed. We’ve asked many question regarding this decision. It does NOT affect summer classes. Faculty will be permitted to have more than nine sections if there is a justified need/demand for the classes.

Forthcoming Changes to IncludED and Bookstores

This has yet to be formally announced, but changes to book adoptions are likely coming during Sum II, so before you depart for summer, please keep an eye on your emails.