Author: AdjunctNation Editorial Team

Philly Adjunct Lauches Crowdfunding Campaign to Buy U.S. Senator’s Vote to Block DeVos Appointment

“I watched all three hours of the Betsy DeVos hearings, and I was appalled that I could answer some of the basic education policy questions that seemingly stumped her,” Fritz said. “I mean, I’m an adjunct faculty member at a community college, not an expert...

Student Letters of Rec Written By Adjuncts Open Fewer Doors

by L.D. Burnett This past semester, one of my students emailed me to ask if I would write him a letter of recommendation for grad school. No, I told him.

New Study Reveals AFT, NEA and AAUP Organizing Primarily FT Faculty Not PTers

Compare this to the AFT's organizing record prior its 2006 launch of a state-by-state legislative push to increase the number of full-time faculty. Of the 44 faculty units organized by.

Supreme Court Could Hear Second Legal Challenge to Forced Agency Fees Paid by Tens of Thousands of Adjunct Union Members

There is a case pending in the Seventh Circuit, Janus v. AFSCME, in which three Illinois state employees argue they shouldn’t have to pay “fair share” union dues. Whether it’s that case or another, most of the jurists President Trump has proposed would at least...

Analysis: 69,000 AFT Members Disappear

The bottom line: AFT’s 1.6 million members equate to a dues-paying equivalent of 854,000 full-time employed teachers. And we still have a mystery on our hands. The loss of more.

Barnard Adjunct Faculty Union Calls Strike to Get $9K Per Course Minimum

by P.D. Lesko The Barnard Contingent Faculty union, affiliated with the United Auto Workers, is ready to strike in order to force college officials to raise per course pay for.

Why Adjuncts Shouldn’t Need Ph.D.s

by Jonathan Rick When hiring a professor, nearly every college uses commonly agreed-upon criteria. Among these, perhaps the most important is whether the applicant has a graduate degree. On one hand, credentials are a critical part of a school’s brand. Given that students are paying...

The Extra Credit Experiment

by Laura Yeager I tried something new last semester in College Writing I--extra credit. I've never offered extra credit points in a college class before (I thought it was kind of.

Listed Prof. Says: "Professor Watchlist Gets an F for Accuracy"

If the Professor Watchlist were a research paper, I'd give it an F. Much of the information about me on the Watchlist is simply untrue. This article is only available.

Could President Trump’s Extremist Education Agenda Impact College Faculty?

Not a single source I can find anticipated Trump would look for education expertise in the deep, dark well he repeatedly seems to draw from: the extremist, right-wing evangelical community. This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a subscriber, log in. To subscribe,...

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