adjunct faculty Archives

adjunct faculty Archive

PERSPECTIVES: Rebecca Gordon’s Take on the Neoliberalization of Higher Ed

Gordon 'counts the ways' in her essay, published in Informed Consent.

by Future U/ August 19, 2021/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: In New Book, Scholars Explore ‘The Gig Academy’

In The Gig Academy: Mapping Labor in the Neoliberal University, Adrianna Kezar, Tom DePaola, and Daniel T. Scott es describe the …

by Future U/ October 10, 2019/ Higher Ed, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVE: Journalist Analyzes Two New Books–One Written by a President Emeritus, the Other About Adjuncts In Higher Ed

“Childress (writing about adjunct status) realizes that…the horizon was illusory by design, moving according to someone else’s whims, continually drifting …

by Future U/ April 12, 2019/ Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: In Neoliberal Higher Ed, Tenure Lines Are Being Replaced By Contingent Lines

“About three-quarters of all faculty positions are off the tenure track, according to new AAUP analysis,” writes Colleen Flaherty of …

by Future U/ October 12, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs/

PERSPECTIVES: Plight Continues For America’s Adjunct Faculty

As America’s colleges and universities turn increasingly to adjuncts, many adjuncts aren’t able to earn a living wage. Feature story …

by Future U/ April 6, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Chomsky, “Welcome to Wal-Mart!”

“Faculty are increasingly hired on the Walmart model as temps.” Read more from AlterNet. 18

by Future U/ February 18, 2018/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

PERSPECTIVES: Does Higher Education Really Care About Adjunct Faculty?

The Atlantic feature article concludes it doesn’t appear that way. Read more here.

by Future U/ January 7, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Trendline Of Adjuncts In America’s Higher Education

From AAUP

by Future U/ October 27, 2017/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed/

PERSPECTIVES: When Adjuncts Speak Out, Blame Follows

“It’s not hard to understand why American adjuncts today would feel frustrated with their lot.” Read more in this feature essay …

by Future U/ October 12, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Exposing The Plight of Adjunct Faculty

What does this say about higher education as a social institution? From The Guardian.

by Future U/ September 29, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: “Deacon Blues,” Voice Of A Contingent Faculty Member

Lori Brown, Eastern Michigan University, offers a sobering and evocative perspective on life in today’s Academy. Deacon Blues pdf

by Future U/ June 14, 2017/ Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

NEWS BRIEFS: Why Are Yale Grad Assistants On A Hunger Strike?

“Yale relies on graduate students and other low-paid contingent faculty to teach. Contingent faculty make up about 70% of teachers …

by Future U/ May 10, 2017/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Society/

NEWS BRIEFS: Adjuncts At Risk If Republican Health Bill Becomes Law

In higher education it will hurt the most at-risk faculty group. Read more from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

by Future U/ May 7, 2017/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: Winner of Capote Award Shines Spotlight On Plight Of Adjuncts

Kevin Birmingham speaks out about higher education’s low-ball treatment of its adjunct faculty. From The Chronicle.

by Future U/ February 14, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

PERSPECTIVES: How Faculty Fare Under Neoliberal Administrative Regimes

Not well. Read how and why in Malani Cadambi Daniel’s essay, published in TruthOut.

by Future U/ January 11, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/