adjunct faculty

Most of us spend much more time with digital media than we did a decade ago. But today’s teens have come of age with smartphones in their pockets. Compared to teens a couple of decades ago, the way they interact with traditional media like…

In “Squeezed: Why Our Families Can’t Afford America,” Alissa Quart lucidly recounts these and other wrenching stories of economic hardship, while meticulously deconstructing some of the prevailing myths about middle-class life in the United…

A new contract signed by Fordham University adjunct professors signed in mid-July will increase their wages by 67 to 90 percent over the next three years, which could make the difference for many between being able to pay rent and…

Is the Illinois Education Association proving that the recent Supreme Court Janus decision was right? Crooked union elections may go uncorrected.

We all know that contingent faculty members are underpaid, yet administrators rarely take seriously the arguments championing equal pay for equal work. It's time for a new approach.This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a…

As a scholar in the philosophy of education, I would argue that our children, as burgeoning citizens, are entitled to such an education in our schools.This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a subscriber, log in. To…

The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 Wednesday in Janus v. AFSCME that nonunion workers cannot be forced to pay fees to public sector unions.This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a subscriber, log in. To subscribe, choose the…

Currently in contract negotiations, the union is demanding compensation of $7,000 per course, up from its current average of $3,500 per course for adjunct faculty.This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a subscriber, log…

Paycheck errors began in February when the college district launched a major upgrade to its human-resources technology system.This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a subscriber, log in. To subscribe, choose the…

Gypsy Scholars, Migrant Teachers and the Global Academic Proletariat: Adjunct Labour in Higher Education,  a collection of fourteen essays by male and female adjuncts in the U.S. and in other countries, is extremely diverse in subject…