Category: News

July 6, 2015

Adjuncts and CA Unemployment Insurance

San Jose State biological anthropologist and California Faculty Association (SEIU Local 1983) activist Jonathan Karpf joined Faculty

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June 24, 2015

My Experience as an Adjunct in a For-Profit College

As a way to shine a light on low-road practices in for-profit higher education, we issued a Call For Papers: Confronting the

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June 15, 2015

Senators Dick Durbin and Franken Introduce Adjunct Student Debt Relief Bil

Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Senator Al Franken (D-MN) have introduced legislation that would help adjunct faculty access

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June 9, 2015

SEIU on the DOE Plan for Corinthian College Students

SEIU applauds Corinthian Colleges student debt forgiveness, calls for more efficient process The Service Employees International Union

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June 1, 2015

UNC Faculty Attend President Input Sessions, Deliver the Message that North Carolina Needs a Strong Advocate for Investments in Instruction and Scholarship

Update: In an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education about the politics of the UNC president search, Faculty Forward North

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May 28, 2015

Ithaca College Part-time Faculty Join SEIU Local 200United

Adjunct professors at Ithaca College in Ithaca, NY have voted yes to join adjunct faculty at schools across the country in SEIU/Adjunct

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May 15, 2015

A Call For Papers: Confronting the For-Profit College Culture

It’s undeniable that adjunct faculty at for-profit colleges face a unique set of circumstances. I know this personally because I am an

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May 13, 2015

Lesley University Adjunct Faculty Ratify First Union Contract

Adjunct faculty at Lesley University in Boston overwhelmingly ratified their first union contract yesterday – a three-year agreement that

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May 5, 2015

Confronting the Economy of Exclusion

Saint Louis University adjunct Antoine Valdez reports here on his experience meeting with other low-wage workers and with Cardinal

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May 4, 2015

Salon Article on Turning College Into McDonald’s

“There’s a much clearer picture of government aid, however, which is where the story of adjunct professors once again resembles that of

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