The issues of justice surrounding adjunct employment in higher education affect not only adjuncts themselves but also other contingent faculty members who are on short-term contracts with low pay and ...
A lack of common policies and mandatory training are among the challenges for institutions as they seek to guide their adjunct faculty, according to a new survey from the Every Learner Everywhere ...
A story at Duke University a couple of months ago caught our attention. Adjunct and non-tenure track faculty voted for union representation. That decision prompted us to look into unionization efforts ...
A growing class of faculty, the “academic precariat,” often work with no job security, no benefits, and low wages. The proportion of faculty off the tenure track has been rising for nearly half a ...
Editor’s Note: Adjuncts now make up more than 70 percent of all college and university faculty, often juggling a course load at multiple universities, earning an average of $2,500 per course. And now ...
This section is designed for faculty members teaching undergraduate classes on the University City and Center City campuses. Information for faculty in the College of Medicine is available through the ...
Through the collective bargaining agreement between the KSCAA adjunct faculty union at Keene State College and the University System of New Hampshire, the college offers $15,000 in grant awards for ...
Adjunct faculty across the country Wednesday went off syllabus. They staged teach-ins and demonstrations to raise awareness about what it means to be an adjunct professor in America. Adjuncts make up ...
Adjunct instructors at Portland State University (PSU) say they play a critical role at the school, but aren't being treated fairly by university management. PSU is Portland's only public university ...
The COVID-19 pandemic hit all members of the University community with a wave of uncertainty. But for many adjunct faculty, this sense of instability wasn’t new. “The stressor of COVID exposed the ...
Editor’s Note: Gary Rhoades is a professor and director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona. That’s what an astonished caseworker at Adult Protective Services ...
This section contains the Resource Guide for Adjunct Faculty, provided in PDF format, as well as information on departmental contacts for Adjunct Faculty at Drexel and links to useful publications.