9 février 2014
Fixing the higher-education adjunct crisis lies in truth-telling: Slate opinion
By Rebecca Schuman. Changes are afoot among us part-time adjuncts who shoulder a hefty majority of college instruction in the United States. We have, for now, the attention of Congress. We've got our own snappy hashtags! And we're methodically organizing ourselves into unions, in my town and yours. Administrations are noticing, and are none too pleased. Sometimes, they go to impressive lengths to prevent a vote. Other times, they just issue veiled threats, saying they're "concerned" about faculty "ceding their individual right[s]" to the Service Employees International Union, an "outside organization" unfamiliar, "in all frankness," with "the enterprise of higher education." More...
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