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College of the Canyons Adjuncts Identify & Protest Pay Gap

by Tammy Marashlian Despite getting a 2-percent raise this year, College of the Canyons’ part-time faculty is paid less than adjunct faculty at many regional community colleges and is below the state average, state data shows. College of the Canyons has about 430 adjunct faculty who...

Montana Adjunct Sues Employer Alleging Underpayment of Wages

A longtime adjunct professor at Carroll College is suing the school, saying it underpaid her for work by wrongly interpreting or ignoring its own payment policies and falsely telling her.

CUNY Hires More Adjuncts & Adjuncts Protest For More Fringe Benefits

Recently, an adjunct faculty protest took place at the 25th Street entrance of Baruch College. The protest was organized in part by the Professional Staff Congress (PSC), a union that.

Classroom Joke Costs Adjunct His Job

Former professor Robert Engler is looking to take legal action against Roosevelt University after being let go on what he calls "unfair charges of harassment." Engler, an adjunct professor of 12 years, was terminated this past summer because of a joke he had told in...

Adjunct Slaps University of Pittsburgh School of Law With Age Discrimination Suit

The University of Pittsburgh School of Law is the latest to be hit with an age discrimination lawsuit, joining the University of Baltimore School of Law, University of Iowa College.

Michigan Adjunct Finds Out That Facebook Can Be Bad For Your Professional Health

A former Mid Michigan Community College adjunct professor who was fired over a Facebook posting thinks the real reason for was union activity. Jason Liptow believes that he was fired.

MCC Approves New Adjunct Contract

The McHenry County College Board of Trustees has unanimously approved a new adjunct faculty deal aimed at keeping their part-time employees at the college. The new four-year contract includes salary increases each year, a move designed to attract and retain staff that otherwise may have...