adjunct faculty

Illinois Supreme Court Rules That Community Colleges Can’t Replace Laid Off Tenured Faculty with Adjuncts

On December 17, 2020, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that a community college violated the Illinois Public Community College Act when it replaced laid off tenured faculty members with adjunct faculty. The case addressed Section 3B-5 of the Act, which addresses “bumping rights” and prohibits...

Colorado State University Task Force on Working Conditions for NTT Faculty Offers Up Recommendations

A task force that issued a host of recommendations around improving work conditions for non-tenure-track faculty at Colorado State University has been reconvened by Provost and Executive Vice President Mary.

Some People in Higher Ed Are Delighted Adjuncts are Losing Their Jobs

by P. D. Lesko For many years, I have made myself unpopular among higher education union leaders for pointing out unions blatantly unequal representation of their adjunct faculty members. When.

New Law Makes it Easier for NJ Adjuncts to Collect Unemployment

Sweeney-Cunningham Bill Allows Adjunct Professors to Collect Unemployment Benefits To make sure that adjunct professors are able to collect unemployment benefits during the pandemic-caused shutdown, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Senator Sandra Cunningham introduced legislation to ensure eligibility for the college instructors during the summer months, rectifying circumstances that have denied benefits...

In Chicago, a Resolution Calling for Equal Pay for Adjunct Faculty Comes to the City Council Table

The 1,000-plus adjunct faculty members working in the City Colleges of Chicago are demanding a living wage, saying they currently earn about half the amount of full-time professors despite teaching.

California’s Legislature Classifies State’s Adjuncts as Exempt Professionals—Here’s What That Means

Over the past several years, California colleges and universities have chosen to settle faculty overtime violation lawsuits filed by a California law firm. Last year, Stanford University settled for nearly.

U.S. Reps. Call on CUNY to Reverse Decision to Layoff Nearly 3,000 Employees

Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) on was joined by New York Representatives Max Rose, Kathleen M. Rice, Thomas R. Suozzi, Adriano Espaillat, José E. Serrano, Eliot L. Engel, and Sean Patrick Maloney in voicing concerns about the “City University of New York (CUNY) administration’s decision...

Federal Judge Rules Against Faculty Union Over CUNY Layoff of 2,800 Adjuncts

by Kevin Stawicki The City University of New York illegally laid off thousands of adjunct faculty members despite getting over $251 million in federal funds to protect against the coronavirus pandemic’s economic.

Colleges Layoff Underpaid Adjuncts then Challenge Their Unemployment Claims

by Keith Hoeller “We Now Have the Worst Unemployment Rate Since the Great Depression,” read Slate’s headline. The 20.5 million jobs lost in April and the nearly 15% unemployment rate “may understate the.

Rutgers PT Faculty Union: College Will Lay Off 15% of Adjuncts

by Bob Markin Amid national health and economic crises and during nationwide demonstrations against racial injustice, Rutgers University is choosing to fire its most vulnerable campus workers, a coalition of 19 campus unions said in a statement. The workers are disproportionately people of color, according to...

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