A coalition of U.S. colleges and universities is urging Congress to pass a new coronavirus relief bill with at least $120 billion for higher education, saying the sector faces…
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by Stephen Aguilar In 2017, Karen Kelsky, a consultant for people looking for academic jobs, launched a survey to capture people’s experiences of sexual harassment at colleges and universities. I took…
McConnell’s wait-and-see tactics put students in limbo as states grapple with reopening plans by Staci Maiers If the economic damage wrought by the coronavirus pandemic isn’t answered…
by Ellie Hooper Colleges nationwide have begun talking, if speculatively, about the conditions under which they would reopen campuses for the fall 2020 term.Since Boston University released…
From the Summary of Oregon House Bill 4146: Provides that part-time faculty member at public institution of higher education who qualifies for health care benefits will pay…
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled Jan. 28 that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has no jurisdiction over the university’s adjunct…
by Don McIntosh After 15 months of frustrating negotiations, it took just two days of striking for about 500 community college faculty to win the best union…
by P.D. Lesko In December 2019, AdjunctNation.com posed this question to over 7,000 social media followers: "If you had a job opportunity outside Academia, would you leave?"…
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) recently upheld a provision in a faculty contract that requires no more than 15 percent of all day courses at state…
For researchers and academics at all levels, the problem of misinformation has consequences extending to the very institutions to which they are affiliated. My experience demonstrates how…