Why Yale Graduate Students Are on a Hunger Strike, by Jennifer Klein, New York Times (May 9, 2017)
Two weeks ago, Yale graduate student teachers began a hunger strike to pressure the school to negotiate with their union. Eight committed to.
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
New Panel Added to March 26-28, 2017 Higher Education Conference: Adjunct Faculty Unemployment Benefits Eligibility
We are pleased to announce the addition of a new panel to examine the issue of unemployment eligibility for adjunct faculty and the.
- by Eric Fure-Slocum
- March 10, 2017
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
The Winds of Changes Shift
LAWCHA member William Herbert, the Executive Director of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions.
- by Eric Fure-Slocum
- February 18, 2017
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
Convert Lines or Convert People?: The Polarizing Debate Over How to Restore Faculty Tenure
On January 12, 2017, faculty unions representing community and technical college faculty across Washington state got their allies in the Washington state legislature.
- by Trevor Griffey
- February 6, 2017
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions: January, 2017
In this issue: Dr. Martin Luther King on the Purpose of Education, National Center’s 2017 Annual Conference registration, Interactive Training Workshops, Collective Bargaining.
- by Eric Fure-Slocum
- January 20, 2017
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
Subscribe to the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions Newsletter
This January newsletter of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions contains a number of.
- by Eric Fure-Slocum
- January 20, 2017
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
The Decline of Faculty Tenure: Less From an Oversupply of PhDs, & More from the Systematic De-Valuation of PhD as a Prereq for College Teaching
Contrary to what most journalists and many academics argue, an “oversupply” of people with PhDs is not the primary cause of the decline.
- by Trevor Griffey
- January 9, 2017
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, December, 2016
The National Center E-Note is a monthly electronic newsletter containing research and analysis relevant to unionization and collective bargaining in higher education and.
- by Eric Fure-Slocum
- December 24, 2016
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
Collective Bargaining and Unit Composition
An important issue in collective bargaining, with significant consequences for contingent faculty, is unit composition. At the April 3-5, 2016 annual conference in.
- by William Herbert
- December 24, 2016
Activism
Contingent Faculty Committee Blog
LAWCHA
LAWCHA Statement on Collective Bargaining for All Faculty
The Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) applauds and endorses the Organization of American Historians (OAH) “Statement on Collective Bargaining and Part-Time,.
- by LAWCHA Board of Directors
- December 17, 2016