Tag: adjuncts

Another victory for education unionization: Adjuncts make deal with Kaplan

April 21, 2014

As reported in today’s Insidehighered.com, the for-profit firm Kaplan, Inc. has just inked a collective bargaining agreement with 65 English-as-a-second-language (ESOL) part-time instructors in New York City.  This is on the heels of several other recent adjunct collective bargaining victories over the past months. Of course, there’s lots of work to do, and this particular… More Another victory for education unionization: Adjuncts make deal with Kaplan

NY Times finally recognizes the problem of adjunct abuse, offers vague solutions, no mechanism

April 14, 2014

Today the NY Times  at least finally recognized that the casualization of college faculty is a serious problem that affects students’ education and results in poor employment conditions and compensation.  No kidding.  What’s amazing is that the Times editorial board appears to think that it’s the first to realize this issue (maybe part of the Old… More NY Times finally recognizes the problem of adjunct abuse, offers vague solutions, no mechanism

Required watching: MICA adjuncts speak about the benefits of unionization

April 9, 2014

Adjuncts at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) are voting now on unionization.  Here are three of them speaking about the benefits of unionization, as well as, from their perspectives, the difference between being part-time, contingent faculty and tenure-track faculty. For a more detailed discussion of some of the particulars, see the interview (scroll down that page… More Required watching: MICA adjuncts speak about the benefits of unionization

Big win for unionizing adjuncts in DC! Applicability to other areas? Too early to tell

March 26, 2014

Adjunct organization is on the move.  As noted in the Chronicle, adjuncts are now very close to becoming organized city-wide in Washington, DC.  Georgetown, American, and George Washington are already signed on, and Howard will be joining soon.  This will give much greater leverage to adjuncts in their relationship with universities there, and it already… More Big win for unionizing adjuncts in DC! Applicability to other areas? Too early to tell

Broward College adjunct says: $16k a year does not a “valued colleague” make

March 17, 2014

As Evan Rowe reports, he and his fellow adjuncts are working to unionize at Broward College (it’s the community college of Broward County, FL, which includes Fort Lauderdale).  Rowe is one of the BC army of adjuncts making $16k a year, usually teaching only one class fewer than tenure-track professors who make several times as… More Broward College adjunct says: $16k a year does not a “valued colleague” make