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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…
Documentary Film About Higher Ed “Starving the Beast” Has Many Villains (and Few Heroes)
If, like me, you are anxious about the condition of public universities, “Starving the Beast” will only heighten your concerns. The film is a compelling account of how special interests collude to weaken public universities.This article is…
New Study: College Students Taught by Good-looking Lecturers Learn More
A new study finds that college students learn more from good-looking lecturers.This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a subscriber, log in. To subscribe, choose the subscription that suits your needs: 1 Year Individual…
New Study: Jobs With Tenure Few and Far Between for Adjunct Women
by Kent McDonald Tenure is a goal many professors strive for — but it remains further out of reach for women and underrepresented minorities, according to a recent research study from the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association…
Poor, Priviledged and Pedantic—Why America Ignores Under-Employed Ph.D.s
by P.D. Lesko The latest NSF report, “The Survey of Earned Doctorates,” relies on data from the University of Chicago’s National Opinion Research Center. The report concludes that a high percentage of newly-minted Ph.D.s…
College Graduation Rates Down? Blame the Adjuncts!
by P.D. Lesko Salaries for full-time college faculty are at an all-time high, and the 4-year graduation rate for U.S. college students as of 2013 stood at 39 percent, the lowest 4-year graduation rate ever recorded. Who’s to blame for…