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In Chicago, a Resolution Calling for Equal Pay for Adjunct Faculty Comes to the City Council Table

The 1,000-plus adjunct faculty members working in the City Colleges of Chicago are demanding a living wage, saying they currently earn about half the amount of full-time professors despite teaching up to 80% of a full-time load. Chicago aldermen introduced a resolution during a City...

California’s Legislature Classifies State’s Adjuncts as Exempt Professionals—Here’s What That Means

Over the past several years, California colleges and universities have chosen to settle faculty overtime violation lawsuits filed by a California law firm. Last year, Stanford University settled for nearly.

U.S. Reps. Call on CUNY to Reverse Decision to Layoff Nearly 3,000 Employees

Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) on was joined by New York Representatives Max Rose, Kathleen M. Rice, Thomas R. Suozzi, Adriano Espaillat, José E. Serrano, Eliot L. Engel, and Sean.

Faculty Nationwide Push Against Being Asked to Provide Face-to-Face Instruction

The public discussion of whether colleges and universities should offer face-to-face classes was kicked off in April by the president of Brown University with her New York Times essay: “College Campuses Must Reopen in the Fall. Here’s How We Do It.” Dr. Christina Paxon argued...

At Boston U. Faculty Petition for Option to Choose Whether to Teach Online or Face-to-Face

by Chloe Liu Boston University’s current plan for the Fall semester has received criticism stemming from a perceived lack of consideration for faculty, as it does not currently offer an option.

UC Chancellor Promises No “Career Staff” Layoffs—Excludes Lecturers From Promise

by Janelle Salanga UC President Janet Napolitano and the 10 UC chancellors will be taking a voluntary 10% pay cut during the 2020–2021 UC fiscal year, which begins on July.

CUNY Adjuncts Threaten Grade Protest Over Layoffs

City University of New York faculty members are so distraught over layoffs that they’re considering withholding spring semester grades. John Jay College’s provost announced last week he planned to eliminate 437 adjunct positions, almost 40 percent, of the college teaching force, to combat revenue loss...

Iowa Community College Settles with Adjunct Over Facebook Posts that Triggered Dismissal

Kirkwood Community College on Friday finalized an agreement to pay $25,000 to an adjunct professor who was fired for a Facebook post with a controversial political statement. The move allowed.

The CARES Act Guarantees Adjuncts $600 per Week Unemployment Through July 2020

by Adam Raimond Cynthia Vacca Davis has taught as an adjunct writing instructor in Virginia for 11 years. When asked whether she intended to apply for unemployment this summer she.

University of North Texas Adjunct Fired For Criticizing Fliers in Faculty Lounge, Sues

UNT prof wrote microaggression fliers were ‘garbage’ and was not rehired. Now he’s suing. by Emerson Claridge After teaching his linear algebra class on an evening in late November, Nathaniel Hiers returned to a University of North Texas lounge. As he washed his coffee mug,...

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