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Rutgers Part-Time Lecturers Settle Contract Dispute

Rutgers University’s nearly 1,000 part-time lecturers have approved a new four-year contract with the university. The Rutgers Council of the American Association of University Professors, which represents the lecturers, said Friday that 96 percent of the ballots that were mailed in favored the agreement. “Many...

University of Cincinnati Lecturers Move Forward in Gaining Recognition for Bargaining Unit

A GROUP OF part-time teachers at the University of Cincinnati is expected to take another step today toward gaining formal recognition as a bargaining unit. This will be the first.

SISU Adjuncts Set to Vote For

NEARLY 16 YEARS after the last union vote, some of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s professors will choose whether to go union this fall. SIUE’s nontenure-track lecturers and instructors will vote.

Waiting for The Green: MTSU Part-timers Go From 4 Paychecks to 3

FOR SOME ADJUNCTS at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), the recent news that they’ll now be paid three times per semester–not the traditional four times per academic term–is causing them to look elsewhere, including online, for work. According to a May 14, 2004, memo issued...

Lecturer Captures Professor of the Years Award at Tufts University

The Tufts Community Union (TCU) Senate presented its annual TCU Professor of the Year award to American Studies lecturer Jean Wu in June. Wu received her award in a ceremony.

Michigan Lecturers Agree to New Contract

A union of lecturers and adjunct faculty reached an agreement with the University of Michigan on higher salaries and new guarantees on job security. “We didn’t get everything we were.

Heald College Agrees to Pay $3.5 Million to Settle Salary Dispute with F/T and P/T Faculty

HEALD COLLEGE HAS agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a 2-year-old class-action lawsuit alleging that it paid male instructors more than their female peers and failed to adequately pay part-time teachers. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Jack Komar approved the settlement Feb. 3, calling...

Lettori One Step Closer to Victory Over Italian Discrimination

FOR YEARS THEY have been working alongside their Italian colleagues, teaching English and other languages to classes sometimes numbering 150, earning a fraction of the Italians’ salary and enjoying none.

Contingent Faculty Capture Largest Number of Guggenheims in a Decade

BETWEEN 1992 AND 2003, adjunct, part-time, full-time temporary and visiting faculty won between 3-7 Guggenheim awards each year, or about 1.5 to 3.7 percent of the total number of awards.

Part-timers at Emerson College Get Their First Contract

THE UNION REPRESENTING part-time professors at Emerson College and the school recently reached an agreement to raise salaries by 15 to 20 percent, and help pay for the health insurance of some long-time adjuncts.The agreement is seen as a victory by union activists, who hope...

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