Part-Time Thoughts

Putting Your Mouth Where Your Money Is

In Adjunct Advocate's May/June 2006 "Colleagues Abroad" issue there was a piece about part-time and contract faculty in India. The piece, titled "The Three Dollar Professor: Teaching Ad Hoc in India," was an eye-opening first-time look at the use of part-time faculty in India. The...

Denouement in CA: Force People to Pay? Why Not Inspire Them Instead?

Mark Miller is the President of the part-time faculty union at Allan Hancock College, in California. I recently read a piece he wrote titled "In Defense of Unions," about talking.

A Cheeky Plea For Faculty Unity

If you haven't noticed from my past entries that I like a bit of cheekiness (well, maybe even a lot of cheekiness), then you're not reading my entries closely enough..

Competing Head-to-Head, or the Tarnished Dozen at NYU

Congratulations to the adjunct faculty at NYU who won Outstanding Teaching Awards last week. The Outstanding Teaching Award is a sub-category of NYU's "Golden Dozen," competition. The Golden Dozen awards are given out by the College of Arts and Sciences and, according to this article...

Time for Some Political Muscle from NYSUT for Pace’s Part-Timers

John Pawlowski heads the 1,000 member part-time faculty union at Pace University in New York, the Union of Adjunct Faculty at Pace (UAFP). Four years ago, the faculty organized and.

A COCAL Make-over: The Beehive Hair-do Is Out and Free Technology Is In!

If you've never heard of COCAL, check out this piece in Adjunct Advocate, and this site, as well. In August of this year, COCAL is holding its eighth conference. I.

“Anti-Union” (Translation: “Bitch”)

In a piece recently written for Inside Higher Ed, the writer calls Washington State part-timer and long-time national adjunct activist Keith Hoeller's writing "anti-union." I read and read and re-read the IHE posting. The writer calls Hoeller's writing "anti-union rhetoric"again in the comment section. Something...

The 64-14 Split at AAUP Means Part-Timers Should Look Elsewhere For Help

Both of the candidates running for President of the American Association of University Professors are self-identfied "contingents." I am not going to rehash that convo again. Since both of the.

"Keep Adjuncts Away From Intro. Courses" Trumpets The National Enquirer (Chronicle) of Higher Education

In this week's Chronicle of Higher Education, there is an article written by David Glenn and headlined "Keep Adjuncts Away From Intro Courses, Report Says." The editor of The Chronicle.

2002 or CUPFA’s 1984

In 2002, the contract between Concordia University, in Quebec, Canada, and the Concordia University Part-time Faculty Association (CUPFA) expired. CUPFA represents 1,200 part-time faculty, who teach 40 percent of the courses offered at the University. President Maria Peluso has been quoted as saying that when...

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