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NEA – The Politics of Contingent Academic Labor

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Here is a great analysis and overview of the privatization of higher education by Claire Golsdstene. It reaffirms my sense that lobbying for more full-time positions will never address the historical shift to majority contingent faculty. We, our unions and advocacy in general, need a new vision, one that seeks to  transform faculty conditions on a sweeping scale. We need to enfranchise adjunct faculty with economic parity, which is the first step to giving adjuncts the security they need fight the political fight.

NEA – The Politics of Contingent Academic Labor.

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Exposing the Outrageous Pay Gap in Academia

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The Clever Stunt Four Professors Just Pulled to Expose the Outrageous Pay Gap in Academia

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http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/06/16/university_of_alberta_professors_apply_for_vice_chancellor_s_job_in_clever.html

Cawsey and her colleagues decided they’d skewer the University of Alberta’s comparatively modest participation in the top-heavy university economy, and have a few laughs while they were at it.

“As you will see from our CVs,” the group writes, “we are eminently suited to fill this position. Indeed, we believe that by job-sharing this position, we would be able to do a better job than any one person could do—and the salary is certainly ample enough to meet the needs of all four of us. Indeed,” they continue, “for many of us one-fourth of your proposed minimum salary would double or triple our current wage.” They are quick to point out the advantages of a four-for-one deal, quipping: “We will even share one academic gown.”

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Feelin’ Like I’m Fixin’ to Teach Part Time Rag

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Somebody put some blues chords around this!

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Realizations About My Life as an Adjunct

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Another truth-telling story from the Adjunct Project about the fact of the adjunctification of higher education:

Realizations About My Life as an Adjunct by Sile Mor

 

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How to Fix Academic Labor (Pt. 372): Make Better Use of the Scarlet ‘A’

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Rebecca Schuman from Chronicle Vitae:

 

How to Fix Academic Labor (Pt. 372): Make Better Use of the Scarlet ‘A’ – See more at: https://chroniclevitae.com/news/530-how-to-fix-academic-labor-pt-372-make-better-use-of-the-scarlet-a#sthash.furnPRpv.dpuf

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Path to student loan debt relief for adjuncts just got a little easier–but still a long way to go

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From the CPFA blog by San Diego adjunct Krista Eliot:

Path to student loan debt relief for adjuncts just got a little easier–but still a long way to go

 

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#AdjunctChat Topic June 3 ~ Adjuncts on the Dole (with @whowewilltobe)

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In California, unemployment wages are guaranteed to adjunct, but we still have to fight for them. The application is changed every year; one wrong answer triggers an interview, which postpones the payment sometimes for weeks. However, for adjuncts, claiming unemployment wages is claiming a small portion of wages you have already earned. It is no more shameful than collecting a paycheck, but it is absurd. An adjunct moment I once had reveals a flashpoint: a tenured once remarked to me that she also was unemployed during the summer break, but could not draw unemployment wages. Was she envious? Was she angry? Did she feel left out? She certainly was clueless.

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Twitter_ChatThe topic for the #AdjunctChat on Tuesday, June 3 at 4:00pm EDT is:

Adjuncts on the Dole: Eliminating the Shame of Applying for Public Assistance

The chat will be facilitated by Bri O’Blivion @whowewilltobe.

Many adjunct and part-time higher education instructors struggle earning a living through teaching multiple courses, often at multiple universities, frequently barely making enough income to survive. Moreover, it is increasingly a situation where some are seeking public assistance just to survive. Does this resonate with your experiences? Want to challenge the stigma associated with all this? Want to chat?

Our discussion will focus on these questions:

Q1: When do you most need state support? #AdjunctChat

Q2: Tell us about your experiences during application. #AdjunctChat

Q3: How do you rationalize your emotional response? #AdjunctChat

Q4: How can we help dissolve the humiliation that we feel? #AdjunctChat

All adjunct, contingent, part-time, visiting, and non-tenure track instructors, along…

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The first rule of adjuncting…

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For many years, I didn’t even tell myself I was an adjunct. Even though my financial status was a pale shadow of what a full-timer’s was, I acted like I was the same. Adjunct are the same as far as qualifications go, but quite different when quality of life is compared. One day, when I didn’t win the full-time positions lottery, I suddenly saw myself for what I was: an adjunct.

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A Whimper

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A sad day for students and for higher education; hopefully, a new day for Rebecca Schuman:

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Last year, I “ended” my college teaching career with a bang–a banging headache, that is, from the copious amounts of sugar I packed down at the surprise party my students threw me on my last day of class at OSU. It was an emotionally-charged day amidst an emotionally-charged time that I will never forget. In the year that followed, because my professional future was so unstable, I vowed to take every opportunity given to me, even if that meant working multiple jobs.

I did, and it did–by the time Fall 2013 rolled around, I was taking on a larger client roster for my coaching practice, I was writing weekly for Slate, and I’d signed on to teach three classes back at the UMSL honors college, where I had had an overwhelmingly positive experience right out of grad school. It turned out to be quite a full…

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