Separate and Unequal by Dan Barrett, April 13, 2011
“Higher education’s own hiring practices are undermining one of its chief selling points: that a college education fosters upward mobility, several speakers said … Tuesday at a conference on academic labor.”
Tag: adjuncts. higher education
If you are an instructor at another area College where adjunct/PT issues are unfolding, please share the information with CODAA so we can post it to our website!
Dispute at Columbia College has some instructors complaining (via WBEZ)
Part timers at Columbia are concerned about reductions in class assignments. Some claim senior adjuncts are being passed over in favor of new instructors, who are paid less.As adjunct faculty numbers increase, many are calling for unions (via WBEZ)
Across the country, many colleges are turning to adjunct faculty to supplement their existing tenured staff. As their numbers increase, many are pushing for these educators to form unions.Elgin college could face faculty strike (via Chicago Tribune)
Elgin Community College faculty have given themselves the option of going on strike in 10 days. (Editor’s Note: Of interest is that FT and PT faculty are covered under the same contract at ECC.)
At Columbia College, as adjuncts become more expensive, they start losing classes: