working conditions

Colorado State University Task Force on Working Conditions for NTT Faculty Offers Up Recommendations

A task force that issued a host of recommendations around improving work conditions for non-tenure-track faculty at Colorado State University has been reconvened by Provost and Executive Vice President Mary Pedersen and will continue its work this spring. In its second phase, what has been...

What are Universities Becoming? A Plea From the Future

A trio of Ph.D. students ask the question, “What should universities be?” by John-Erik Hansson, Nguyen Vu Thuc Linh, Ola Innset The role of the university as a place of.

New Faculty Majority Faces Same Old Problems & Offers Same Old Solutions

By P.D. Lesko Don't get me wrong. The New Faculty Majority is filled with dedicated, intelligent and passionate individuals committed to effecting lasting change within higher education. Some of them.

A Mistreated Majority? Meybbee. Meybbee Not.

Over at the OK Corral that is The Chronicle of Higher Education, they've printed a commentary by adjunct Deborah Lewis. Lewis offers several solutions to improve the pay, performance and working conditions for adjunct faculty. I like some of her ideas. Much of what she...