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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Adjunct Faculty Council (AFC) is an officially recognized, elected body of the shared governance at California Lutheran University. Founded in January 2022 with the support of the Provost, the AFC ...

Several weeks ago, I approached my friend Jenny (not her real name) for information on how to get hooked up with a teaching position at one of the local community colleges. Jenny currently works at ...

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 ...

Click here to read all stories in this investigation. The 72 local districts that govern the colleges and the state have virtually ignored a nagging issue: There is little funding to cover health ...

Adjunct faculty at the University at Buffalo bring valuable expertise and experiences to the classroom for the benefit of our undergraduate and graduate students. Commensurate with the national ...