In what may qualify as the non-event of the year, the Coalition on the Academic Workforce (CAW) released its report on Adjunct working conditions yesterday. The data paints a picture similar to that of Josh Boldt's earlier crowdsourced study the Adjunct Project. Non-tenure track faculty are working long hours for little pay, and they would gladly accept a full-time career track position if one were made available.
John Casey's response to the recently-released Coalition on the Academic Workforce Report. To quote him, "So it’s official, the dead horse has been beaten once again." The fact that we keep this information, essentially, in-house, is a problem that he speaks of. These details have to be put into the hands of legislators, parents, other "stakeholders" in society who realize the need for solid, well-paid and consistently supported faculty positions. John agrees with my less-than-enthusiastic assessment of the AAUP-endorsed four phase plan, and, like me, would love to see something much closer to a plan to pay and treat faculty as the professionals we are.
Posted (FINALLY!) at Raging Chicken Press!
http://www.ragingchickenpress.org/2012/08/30/how-the-american-university-was-killed-in-five-easy-steps/
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