Scenes From COCAL: A Conference for Contingent Faculty Looks to Seize Its Moment

By Sydni Dunn - Chronicle Vitae. New York—Inside a classroom at the City University of New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice, nearly 30 contingent academic workers debated which verb was more powerful: “shape” or “animate.”
It may sound like a trivial matter, but the group had a job to do. By the end of the two-hour session, participants had to craft a 100-word proposal on how higher-education laborers could build a national strategy for change. Every word counted. See more...