In September, there were pieces in The Chronicle (http://chronicle.com/article/An-Activist-Adjunct-Shoulde/48348/) and on InsideHigherEd.com (http://www.insidehighered.com/views/2009/09/10/maisto) about the New Faculty Majority. September, it seems, is the time of year when…
Sandra Schroeder
People send me letters, emails, newsletters, book proposals, pleas for money, applications for employment, and all manner of information. Yesterday, I got a faxed copy of the…
Ever been struck by lightning? Ever won $1,000,000 bucks in the lottery? Ever had a tenure-track job handed to you? Hell's Bells, then, you're never standing in…
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Listen to my blog entry here. I remember when Dr. Cary Nelson first spoke out nationally in support of part-time faculty. It was electrifying, and he gave…
If you haven't already heard of FACE, let me introduce you to it. It is an initiative by the American Federation of Teachers, and FACE stands for…
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by P.D. Lesko AdjunctNation will have been advocating on behalf of the nation's non-tenured faculty for 21 years this September. I am pleased and proud of the…
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by P.D. Lesko Who should represent the hundreds of thousands of adjunct faculty members on our nation’s college campuses?….It is true that all three of the major…
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by P.D. Lesko Who should represent the hundreds of thousands of adjunct faculty members on our nation’s college campuses?….It is true that all three of the major…
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The University of Michigan's Lecturer's union, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), entered talks for the group's fourth contract with on November 30, 2012.…
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by P.D. Lesko At a noon press conference today, Pennsylvania's Attorney General announced that the state had issued an indictment of Dr. Graham Spanier, the former president…