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Student Letters of Rec Written By Adjuncts Open Fewer Doors
by L.D. Burnett This past semester, one of my students emailed me to ask if I would write him a letter of recommendation for grad school. No, I told him with real regret, I can’t write a letter for...
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Since When is a B Not Good?
by Kelly O’Connor-Salomon I was at the doctor’s last week, and, as is typical for me, I had a book along to read. The nurse came in, saw the book, and asked how I liked it. She was thinking of getting...
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Summer Semester Blues
by Emily Van Duyne For the humble adjunct, or at least for this one, the semester break is not the greatest time. My last paltry paycheck for spring 2013 has already cleared (and been spent on bills)...
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There Is No Such Thing As An Adjunct Professor
by Debra Leigh Scott A full year has passed since I announced my departure from academic “adjunct” employment, listing my plans for reconstructing my life once I was no longer living the life of a...
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NYU Adjunct Professor Launches City-Wide Subway Protests
An NYU adjunct professor is allegedly the organizer of the protests in the subways that caused $100,000 worth of damage in the last few months. by Emily Mason Gallatin Adjunct Professor Amin Husain is...
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Not Going “Quietly in the Night.” Adjunct Wants Boss to Explain...
by Robin Marie Gary Editor’s Note: For the 2019-20 academic year there were 128 non-tenure track faculty at Elon University in North Carolina, according to the university fact book. The writer, Robin...
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Navigating Alternative Facts and Ad Hominem Attacks in the Classroom
by Andrea Rinard Full disclosure: I’m not a Trump fan. I woke up on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 with a sense of dread and foreboding. I wondered how I was going to get up, go to school, and be a...
View ArticleAt Community Colleges, Exploited Adjuncts Must Learn From UC Strike
by Abel Macias As 17 University of California academic workers were arrested for trespassing at the UC President’s Office in Sacramento on Dec. 5, I watched and wondered if community college adjunct...
View ArticleNew School Adjunct Strike Won Concessions, But Took a Toll on Faculty,...
Part-time faculty at The New School (TNS) and Parsons School of Design have voted in favor of the tentative agreement negotiated between the ACT-UAW Local 7902 bargaining committee and TNS’s...
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National Coalition Against Censorship Protests Firing of Hamline U Adjunct
The NCAC is a coalition of over 50 non-profits. The organization released this statement today. In an egregious and chilling violation of academic freedom, Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota...
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