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Is Your College on the Growing List of Those Who Will Require Students to Have COVID Vaccinations?

As college faculty and administrators edge toward the Fall 2021 semester, they’re grappling with COVID-19. Administrators are weighing whether to make vaccinations mandatory — or just strongly encourage — students to be vaccinated against Covid-19. “COVID-19 vaccines reduce the spread of the disease and are very effective...

Hundreds of Adjuncts at the Parsons School of Design Protest Changes to Their Health Care Coverage

Changes in the university’s healthcare plan have largely affected workers at Parsons School of Design, where part-time faculty make up at least 85% of the teaching staff. by Valentina Di.

Should Adjuncts Be Paid a Kill Fee When Classes are Canceled? One College Trustee Says No and Derails Contract

Eight months into negotiations, St. Petersburg College (SPC) reached an agreement with the newly-formed union representing adjunct faculty, resulting in a three-year contract with sections that addressed several of the educators’ concerns..

Faculty Senate at Univ. of Cincinnati Gives Unanimous Approval of Report on Adjunct Working Conditions

The University of Cincinnati’s (UC) Faculty Senate voted unanimously on Jan. 14 to endorse the findings of a report on the working conditions of the university’s adjuncts. The adjuncts at are not represented by any union, including the full-time faculty AAUP chapter, but have their...

Illinois Supreme Court Rules That Community Colleges Can’t Replace Laid Off Tenured Faculty with Adjuncts

On December 17, 2020, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a community college violated the Illinois Public Community College Act when it replaced laid off tenured faculty members with adjunct.

Colorado State University Task Force on Working Conditions for NTT Faculty Offers Up Recommendations

A task force that issued a host of recommendations around improving work conditions for non-tenure-track faculty at Colorado State University has been reconvened by Provost and Executive Vice President Mary.

One University Expects to Have All Faculty, Staff and Students Vaccinated Against COVID-19 by the End of 2020. Here’s How.

by Desi Cotis In late October, I received an email from a member of the California Department of Public Health. I called the number in the email and a bright happy voice answered and asked if the University of California, San Francisco would be interested...

NEH Seeks Applicants for Summer Seminar/Institute for Higher Education Faculty

The 2021 Summer Seminars and Institutes are 1- to 4-week virtual programs that support collegial study of significant topics in the humanities and make use of important scholarship and primary.

New York Historical Society Accepting Applications for 2021–2022 Fellowships

by Marybeth Ihle The New-York Historical Society is now accepting applications for its prestigious fellowship program for the 2021–2022 academic year. Leveraging its rich collections that detail American history through.

New Law Makes it Easier for NJ Adjuncts to Collect Unemployment

Sweeney-Cunningham Bill Allows Adjunct Professors to Collect Unemployment Benefits To make sure that adjunct professors are able to collect unemployment benefits during the pandemic-caused shutdown, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Senator Sandra Cunningham introduced legislation to ensure eligibility for the college instructors during the summer months, rectifying circumstances that have denied benefits...

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Is Your College on the Growing List of Those Who Will Require Students to Have COVID Vaccinations?

Hundreds of Adjuncts at the Parsons School of Design Protest Changes to Their Health Care Coverage

Should Adjuncts Be Paid a Kill Fee When Classes are Canceled? One College Trustee Says No and Derails Contract

Faculty Senate at Univ. of Cincinnati Gives Unanimous Approval of Report on Adjunct Working Conditions

Illinois Supreme Court Rules That Community Colleges Can’t Replace Laid Off Tenured Faculty with Adjuncts

Colorado State University Task Force on Working Conditions for NTT Faculty Offers Up Recommendations

One University Expects to Have All Faculty, Staff and Students Vaccinated Against COVID-19 by the End of 2020. Here’s How.

NEH Seeks Applicants for Summer Seminar/Institute for Higher Education Faculty

New York Historical Society Accepting Applications for 2021–2022 Fellowships

New Law Makes it Easier for NJ Adjuncts to Collect Unemployment

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