Henry Rodgers

28 Years & Counting: Foreign-Language Lecturers Versus Italy

by Henry Rodgers When I emigrated from Ireland to Italy in 1988 I had no inkling that I would become involved in a marathon campaign to end discrimination against foreign language lecturers in Italian universities. That I would return some years later to address and...

28 Years & Counting: Foreign-Language Lecturers Versus Italy

by Henry Rodgers When I emigrated from Ireland to Italy in 1988 I had no inkling that I would become involved in a marathon campaign to end discrimination against foreign.

How Do You Say “$319K per day” in Italiano?

by Henry Rodgers Lettori Litigation in Europe European Court of Justice (ECJ) : Based in Luxembourg, the ECJ is the pinnacle institution of the European Union with supremacy over all.

Italy on Verge of Being Fined for Discriminating Against Lecturers

The European Commission has asked the European Court of Justice to fine Italy €309,750 a day for continuing to discriminate against foreign language lecturers in Italian universities. Henry Rodgers, who teaches English at La Sapienza university in Rome, said Italy had failed to obey three...

Italian Lecturers Cross the Rubicon in Their Fight for Equal Pay and Long-term Employment Contracts

by Henry Rodgers “The European Commission asks that the Court of Justice impose on the Italian Republic a penalty payment of EUR 309,750 for each day’s delay in complying with.

Letters to the Editor

Lettori Win Again But Fear Houdini Tactics The information necessary to disprove the claims in David Petrie’s (Jan/Feb 2002) response to Domenico Pacitti’s “Lettori Win Again But Fear Italian Houdini.

Letters to the Editor

The Rollercoaster of Remediation Ms. Jennifer Bradner’s “The Rollercoaster of Remediation” obviously comes from a good heart, but everything in my 20 years of teaching (tenured and adjunct) tells me she’s dead wrong. Renaming remedial courses so that they sound like “real” college courses is not going to...