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NYU Adjunct Faculty Vote to Strike

by Natasha Roy Adjunct professors hope to make a striking impression on NYU administration. (left to right) ACT-UAW Local 7902 President Emily Barnett with members Miriam Frank, Diane Rubino, Mary Helen Kolisnyk, and Elliot Markson outside the Skirball Center for the...

I'm Finished Playing Favorites in the Classroom

by Laura Yeager In a previous essay entitled "The Academic Circle of Life & Excellent Usage of Commas," I wrote about my time in graduate school at Iowa State, where I.

PTers at Algoma University in Ontario Prepared to Strike for Higher Pay

by Darren Taylor Sessional faculty at Algoma say they've been the lowest paid part-time faculty members for years Part-time faculty members at Algoma University say they realize times are tough, but.

Philly Adjunct Lauches Crowdfunding Campaign to Buy U.S. Senator’s Vote to Block DeVos Appointment

by Madison Kircher The Senate will vote on the confirmation of Betsy DeVos. The way the numbers currently play out, Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education is in a precarious position: If just two more Republican senators (no Democrat is expected to vote in favor...

Student Letters of Rec Written By Adjuncts Open Fewer Doors

by L.D. Burnett This past semester, one of my students emailed me to ask if I would write him a letter of recommendation for grad school. No, I told him.

New Study Reveals AFT, NEA and AAUP Organizing Primarily FT Faculty Not PTers

by P.D. Lesko A new study published in the Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy presents evidence that suggests the nation's higher education unions have been focusing the bulk of their respective.

Supreme Court Could Hear Second Legal Challenge to Forced Agency Fees Paid by Tens of Thousands of Adjunct Union Members

by Carolyn Phenicie There also could be a path to revive the basic premise, but not the specific case, from last year’s teacher-union-dues case, Friedrichs v. California. Teacher Rebecca Friedrichs argued that forcing her to pay “fair share” fees to the local teachers union was a...

Analysis: 69,000 AFT Members Disappear

Mike Antonucci, writing for The 74, a non-profit, non-partisan news site covering education in America, delves into a topic that AdjunctNation has written about many times: higher education union membership numbers.

Barnard Adjunct Faculty Union Calls Strike to Get $9K Per Course Minimum

by P.D. Lesko The Barnard Contingent Faculty union, affiliated with the United Auto Workers, is ready to strike in order to force college officials to raise per course pay for.

Why Adjuncts Shouldn’t Need Ph.D.s

by Jonathan Rick When hiring a professor, nearly every college uses commonly agreed-upon criteria. Among these, perhaps the most important is whether the applicant has a graduate degree. On one hand, credentials are a critical part of a school’s brand. Given that students are paying...

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