Contingent Faculty for Equity Group Issues “Alternate Vision for the College for All Act of 2021”
by P.D. Lesko A group calling itself Contingent Faculty for Equality has published an “Alternate Vision for the College for All Act of 2021.” It is a “One-Tier Model of Faculty Employment.” Among the almost 50 people who publicly signed the Alternate Vision are some of the most respected contingent faculty activists in the U.S., including Jack Longmate, Keith Hoeller, Ana M. Fores Tamayo, Maria L. Plochocki, David Milroy and Lydia Snow. The Alternate Vision statement was published in response to an unsigned Vision Platform released at the end of a July 2021 labor summit at which around 300 representatives […]