Eastern Michigan U Lecturers Union: College Deficit Driven by "Bad Management"
by Roger Kerson EMU-AAUP represents more than 680 faculty members at Eastern Michigan University. EMUFT represents more than 100 full-time EMU lecturers and library staff, and over 600 part-time EMU lecturers. With Eastern Michigan…
University of Michigan Lecturers Union Fighting to Close Wage Gap Between Campuses
According to LEO president Ian Robinson, a sociology Lecturer IV, the starting salary for a full-time Lecturer I is $34,500 in Ann Arbor, $28,300 in Dearborn and $27,300 in Flint. The Ann Arbor campus’ average cost of attendance for a lower…
Ontario PT/FT Faculty Reach Agreement—Pay Hiked and Academic Freedom Guarantees
by Sarah Armoogam On December 20, one month after the Ontario government ended last fall’s college faculty strike with back-to-work legislation, the two sides have completed a binding arbitration agreement mandated in the legislation to…
More States are Allowing Guns on Campus—Are You Teaching in One of Those States?
by Neal H. Hutchens and Kerry B. Melear
A community college instructor in Texas started off the academic year by wearing a bulletproof vest and army helmet to class. He did this to protest a law that, starting this August, authorizes…
Putting the Focus on Student Engagement in Blended Learning Courses
by Meg Gorzycki, Ed.D. Center for Teaching and Faculty Development, San Francisco State University Hybrid teaching and blended learning are fundamentally concerned with providing an environment in which students assume responsibility for…
Janus v. AFSCME—Adjuncts Could Be No Longer Required to Pay Union Agency Fees
by David Savage The U.S. Supreme Court is poised to deal a sharp blow to the unions that represent millions of teachers and other public employees, announcing Thursday it will consider striking down the mandatory fees that support…
In Alleged Breach of Policy, University of Montana Sends Notice of Non-Renewal to 40 Lecturers
by Keila Paller The University of Montana has sent letters notifying an estimated 40 lecturers that their contracts will end on Dec. 31, 2017. In the letter, Provost Beverly Edmond said individuals who do not have tenure “have no…
SEIU-Affiliated Adjunct Union Pushes Siena College for Almost $5K per Course in First Contract
Non-tenure-track faculty at Siena College voted to form a collective bargaining unit affiliated with Service Employees International Union in June 2015. The vote was 86 to 27 among adjuncts and 16 to 5 among visiting professors. Siena is…
Pittsburgh FT Faculty Threaten Strike and Adjuncts Organized by United Steelworkers Say They…
by Colin DeppenMore than a year after they began, contract talks between Point Park officials and the university’s unionized full-time faculty remain ultimately fruitless. In response, university officials this week placed an ad seeking…
Pittsburgh FT Faculty Threaten Strike and Adjuncts Organized by United Steelworkers Say They…
by Colin DeppenMore than a year after they began, contract talks between Point Park officials and the university’s unionized full-time faculty remain ultimately fruitless. In response, university officials this week placed an ad seeking…