According to a piece published in Haaretz today, the 5,000 adjunct faculty who teach at Israeli universities have won a major battle in their fight for better pay, seniority and job security. Until now, the adjuncts were employed as contract workers and dismissed at the...
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In one breath (at COCAL VIII), CSU union representatives laud the job security clauses in their contracts. Heck, even The Chronicle of Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed have both.
Call me naive, but I just don't understand how university officials can be such, well, jerks. I suppose it's my general faith in the goodness of humans that gets me.
New York's United University Professions (UUP) recently reached a tentative agreement on behalf of its members. UUP is affiliated with the New York State United Teachers and the American Federation.