Craig Smith

More Colleges Cut Adjunct Hours to Potentially Avoid Health Coverage Under Obamacare

by Sy Mukherjee Four public colleges and universities — Florida’s Palm Beach State College, Pennsylvania’s Community College of Allegheny County, Ohio’s Youngstown State University, and New Jersey’s Kean University — are planning to move adjunct and “contingent” faculty members to part-time status in order to avoid...

If You Can’t Take the Heat, Get Outta the Leadership Position

Sandra Schroeder is feeling misunderstood. I wrote about her in an earlier post. More specifically, I wrote about her testimony in front of legislators in Washington State in support of.

Throwing Money Here, There & Everywhere (Just Not At PTers)

I am thinking about sending a letter to President Obama. In it, I will apply to run any bank of his choosing for $400,000 per year. Since adjuncts are used.

“Parity” versus “Equity”: Why You Should Know the Diff, Bro

by P.D. Lesko Some people I know are under the impression that pay "parity" and pay "equity" mean the same thing. They're wrong, of course. Those two words are not synonyms. Here's the definition of pay "parity": par·i·ty 1 (pr-t) n. pl. par·i·ties 1. Equality,...

He Didn’t Really Just Write That, Did He?

Some people have no shame. Don't get me wrong; I'm not judging. I'm jealous. I wish I could I could be way more shameless. Hell, it's fun, right? Having the.

He Didn't Really Just Write That, Did He?

Some people have no shame. Don't get me wrong; I'm not judging. I'm jealous. I wish I could I could be way more shameless. Hell, it's fun, right? Having the.

When's Some Adjunct Group Gonna File a Lawsuit?

In my last entry, I mentioned the common practice of higher education union affiliates negotiating equal percentage raises for both full-time and part-time faculty. As if on cue, AFT Local 2067, representing 345 full-time and part-time faculty at the Community College of Allegheny County, proudly...

Managing Adjunct Faculty

AFT's Craig Smith is at it again. On July 17th, he "discovered" the book Managing Adjunct Faculty, a book published by our company the Part-Time Press. We bought the copyright.

I’m Flattered (I Think)

Listen to my blog entry here. Just a couple of hours after posting my blog piece that mentions selling Adjunct Advocate, over at the American Federation of Teachers Craig Smith.

Interesting Tip-off

Listen to my blog entry here. I have been reading, with interest, the whoop-la over at the AFT about its FACE initiative. Craig Smith has given over his FACE-talk blog to part-time faculty in states where FACE legislation is being introduced. Lila Harper, a Vice...