News For the Adjunct Faculty Nation

Why Wright State University PTers Should Apply for Striking FTers’ Jobs

by P.D. Lesko The full-time faculty at Wright State University went on strike on Tuesday January 22nd. Adjunct faculty employed by WSU who seek full-time teaching jobs should contact the deans of the schools in which they teach and apply to replace a striking non-tenure-track, full-time faculty...

Our Common Interest: Defending Higher Education and Changing the World (A Reply)

by Joseph G. Ramsey, Ph.D. Having now re-read AdjunctNation's response to my essay "The Invisible Faculty," [Please note: this essay is behind a paywall.] and having had a chance to.

Why FT Faculty Will Never Speak Out for PT Faculty

by P.D. Lesko "I don't think that people in power can be convinced by words or articles. They will never give it up by choice."—Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian activist, feminist,.

Why The Poor Working Conditions For Part-timers Should Matter to Full-timers

by Grace Karram Stephenson The plight of the part-time professor – often called sessional, contingent or precarious instructors – has become a hot topic in the past decade leading many to question what has happened to the prestige and honor of gaining a PhD. For a growing number...

Science May Have Found a Cure for the “Adjunct Syndrome”

by P.D. Lesko It's the Holiday Season. The Season of Joy. The Season of Caring. The Season of Giving. For non-tenured faculty from Australia to England and from Canada to.

The Continuing Saga of College Faculty Forced to Choose Between Food and Shelter

by Jack Hauen and Zak Vescera Canadian Professor Colin Green has been teaching in the University of British Columbia's history department for 15 years — but at least once a year, he has.

What Public Universities Must do to Regain Public Support

by Steven M. Gavazzi Universities have lost public support in recent years. In order to get it back, college presidents should worry less about how their institutions fare in college rankings and focus more on affordability, great teaching and doing research that matters most to the communities they serve....

New Study: The Rise of the Temporary Workforce in Science Research

by Kevin Fryling Half of the people pursuing careers as scientists at higher education institutions will drop out of the field after five years, according to a new analysis from.

Anonymous Allegations? A “Membership Integrity” Committee?

In 2015, Columbia's College of Chicago's Part-Time Faculty Union (P-fac) dumped its union affiliation. Union president Diana Vallera alleged that, "P-fac faced a chronic lack of service from the umbrella.

Educators Must Challenge the Politics of Evil

by Dr. Cathryn van Kessel After Robert Bowers murdered 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, people are looking for explanations. Who would do such a thing? And why? The answers are almost as terrifying as the violence itself. “The most terrifying thing is just how normal he seems,”...

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