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Supreme Court Decision Could End Unions' Right to Force Adjunct Non-Members to Pay Dues
Janus vs. AFSCME could end rule that adjuncts must pay dues to unions they've chosen not to join.
Janus v. AFSCME—Adjuncts Could Be No Longer Required to Pay Union Agency Fees
by David Savage The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to deal a sharp blow to the unions that represent millions of teachers and other public employees, announcing Thursday it will consider striking down the mandatory fees that support…
ABA Considers Rule Change That Would Open Door to More Adjunct-Taught Classes in Law Schools
by Karen Sloan | Law.com The American Bar Association is considering deep-sixing a rule requiring full-time faculty to teach at least half of every law school’s upper-level courses—a proposal likely to ruffle the feathers of professors who…
10th Circuit Rules Profs. Decide Free-Speech Limits in College Papers
by Victoria Prieskop The 10th Circuit ruled March 28, 2017 that the University of New Mexico had the right to reject an academic paper which called a lesbian-themed film “entirely perverse in its desire and attempt to reverse the natural…
College Students Retain Info Better When Writing With Pen and Paper Than When Using Computers
by Ellie Bothwell Survey of students across 10 countries suggests handwriting and printed books have advantages over digital materials University students find it easier to retain information when using books and handwriting notes rather…
Will Colorado Comm. College System Adjuncts Get the 28 Percent Pay Hike They’re Demanding?
Caprice Lawless peruses the aisles at the Sister Carmen Community Center and food bank near her home in Louisville. As she draws closer to the produce section, she sees a heap of squash which a volunteer says will not count against her…
25 Years Without a Raise at Youngstown State U? Here’s Why
Adjuncts at YSU teach 51 percent of the college's credit hours, yet in 2016 300 full-time faculty collected 75 percent of the $40.5 million the college allocated to faculty pay. Over just 24 months, adjunct faculty at YSU saw the amount…
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 the AFT between 2001-2006, 12 were for full-time…
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 than 69,000 members that AFT reported for 2016 is larger than…
College Enrollment is Down for Fifth Straight Year—Will The Decline Impact Non-Tenured Faculty?
by P.D. Lesko According to the Hechinger Report, “college and university enrollment fell during the semester just coming to an end, marking a fifth straight year of decline.” Some academic pundits and higher education reporters…