Sweeney-Cunningham Bill Allows Adjunct Professors to Collect Unemployment Benefits To make sure that adjunct professors are able to collect unemployment benefits during the pandemic-caused shutdown, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Senator Sandra Cunningham introduced legislation to ensure.
While 2020 has left many unemployed and without a steady source of income, UC lecturers find themselves without contracts. The contract negotiation process began in April 2019 as stakeholders hoped.
The 1,000-plus adjunct faculty members working in the City Colleges of Chicago are demanding a living wage, saying they currently earn about half the amount of full-time professors despite teaching.
by Andrew M. Abernathy Nearly one year ago, before COVID-19 engulfed us all, something spectacular happened—the long awaited call came. After more than two years of a nationwide job search,.
Project Based Learning organizes learning around projects or complex tasks precipitated by an in-depth question or problem. Students, particularly in the higher education setting, are encouraged to be self-directed and.
When higher ed.’s gatekeepers sat down this summer to chart the treacherous future of COVID-on-campus, a diverse slate of re-open plans emerged. Some lean on virtual learning, others aim for.
