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In Connecticut Community College Merger Plan, Hundreds of Adjuncts Could Lose Jobs
A bold and controversial plan to merge all 12 Connecticut community colleges into one would shrink the system by 217 positions (mostly adjunct faculty) and $23.3 million by 2022, officials say.This article is only available to subscribers.…
Sessional Faculty at York U in Toronto Hit the Picket Lines Over Job Security
The university and the bargaining team for CUPE 3903 say their positions on a number of issues are too far apart to reach an agreement at this time.This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a subscriber, log in. To subscribe,…
At Duquesne U. Admins Take Adjunct Union Fight to Federal Appeals Court
Now, six years after the adjunct faculty voted to affiliate with the United Steelworkers, Duquesne University announced it will take its opposition to an adjunct faculty union on its campus to federal appeals court, calling a brand-new…
Book Review: “Blended Learning & Flipped Classrooms: A Comprehensive Guide”
This handbook would be especially relevant for new faculty, adjunct or full-time, as it includes tools that some professors might never have thought of or dared to try. The language is lively and enthusiastic, not too laden with academic…
Eastern Michigan U Lecturers Union: College Deficit Driven by "Bad Management"
by Roger Kerson EMU-AAUP represents more than 680 faculty members at Eastern Michigan University. EMUFT represents more than 100 full-time EMU lecturers and library staff, and over 600 part-time EMU lecturers. With Eastern Michigan…
University of Michigan Lecturers Union Fighting to Close Wage Gap Between Campuses
According to LEO president Ian Robinson, a sociology Lecturer IV, the starting salary for a full-time Lecturer I is $34,500 in Ann Arbor, $28,300 in Dearborn and $27,300 in Flint. The Ann Arbor campus’ average cost of attendance for a lower…
Ontario PT/FT Faculty Reach Agreement—Pay Hiked and Academic Freedom Guarantees
by Sarah Armoogam On December 20, one month after the Ontario government ended last fall’s college faculty strike with back-to-work legislation, the two sides have completed a binding arbitration agreement mandated in the legislation to…
More States are Allowing Guns on Campus—Are You Teaching in One of Those States?
by Neal H. Hutchens and Kerry B. Melear
A community college instructor in Texas started off the academic year by wearing a bulletproof vest and army helmet to class. He did this to protest a law that, starting this August, authorizes…
Putting the Focus on Student Engagement in Blended Learning Courses
by Meg Gorzycki, Ed.D. Center for Teaching and Faculty Development, San Francisco State University Hybrid teaching and blended learning are fundamentally concerned with providing an environment in which students assume responsibility for…
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…