by Mark J. Drozdowski

University of Cincinnati president Dr. Nancy Zimpher is the author of several books one of which is titled, A Time for Boldness: A Story of Institutional Change. Ironically, since 2003 Dr. Zimpher has refused to recognize the part-time faculty union formed at her institution. Boldness and institutional change, it would seem, are for her readers.

In 2002, A group of part-time faculty at the University of Cincinnati gathered together under the moniker “Adjunct Faculty Association” (AFA), and began to pursue the right to collectively bargain. shortly thereafter, 60 percent of the school’s 1,000 adjuncts voted to affiliate with the Ohio Federation of Teachers. The part-timers seek equal money for equal work.

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