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Category Archives: The Breakdown of the American University System
How The American University was Killed, in Five Easy Steps
A few years back, Paul E. Lingenfelter began his report on the defunding of public education by saying, “In 1920 H.G. Wells wrote, ‘History is becoming more and more a race between education and catastrophe.’ I think he got it … Continue reading
What We Must Demand of Our Colleges
To those readers who have followed The Homeless Adjunct for a while, this entry might seem to be a little off-side of our regular discussions, which focused largely on the issues of faculty exploitation. The next few entries are going … Continue reading
Coalition on the Academic Workforce Report Released
Reblogged from John A Casey Jr: 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 … Continue reading
You Call This Progress?
I was appalled to read the Chronicle article about the AAUP “plan” to provide “Better Pay, Job Stability, and a Career Path for Contingent Faculty” — to present this plan as anything but the atrocity it is…well, I am shocked and … Continue reading
Posted in The Breakdown of the American University System
Tagged AAUP, Adjunct Faculty, adjunct faculty labor abuse, Colleges, corporate colonization of universities, Corporatism, Faculty exploitation, faculty unions, Homeless Adjunct, Joshua Boldt, MLA, universities, university labor exploitation, university professors
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Managerial Madness: Why Higher Education Has Lost Its Way
While Chris LaBree and I were on the first leg of our Homeless Adjunct road tour, the updated list of university president salaries was released from The Chronicle of Higher Education. Here we were, traveling the area often called “The … Continue reading
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Tagged adjunct, Adjunct Faculty, adjunct labor abuse, Benjamin Ginsburg, Chronicle of Higher Ed, College, College President salaries, college presidents, Contingent faculty, contingent labor, Department of Education, education, Higher Education, Joe Biden, Johns Hopkins, The Fall of the Faculty, The Rust Belt, U.S. Government, University, university administration, university administrator, Vice President
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Blight and the Story of Blight
We finished the third day of our Homeless Adjunct Road Trip, and are, as I type this, in a cabin in Maumee State Park, outside of Toledo, OH. We left Pittsburgh early Monday afternoon, after spending two days there, meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Homeless Adjunct Road Trip, The Breakdown of the American University System
Tagged adjunct, adjunct labor abuse, adjunct teaching, Art and Activism, art-making, Colleges, Contingent faculty, contingent labor, creativity, Edu-factory, factory collapse, Higher Education, Higher learning, Homeless Adjunct, part-time professors, precarious labor, universities, universitiies, university professors
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On the Road….
The first of the Homeless Adjunct road trips is about to begin. Chris and I leave tomorrow from Philadelphia, heading for Pittsburgh. We will get there sometime Saturday evening. May 20, we will be meeting with people from the Occupy … Continue reading
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Tagged adjunct bankruptcy, Adjunct Faculty, adjunct poverty, Adjunct Professors, adjunct teaching, Adjuncts and homelessness, Colleges, Contingent faculty, education, Higher Education, Homeless Adunct, universities
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Being a Stupid Slut
When I was a teenager, many years ago, my boyfriend’s roommate had a girl he used to call regularly for sex. He would wake up in the morning, and without even leaving his bed, he would call her if he … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Junct: The Trashing of Higher Ed. in America, Adjunct Faculty, adjunct faculty labor abuse, Adjunct Faculty Labor Exploitation, Adjunct Faculty Unions, adjunct poverty, Adjunct Professors, adjunct teaching, College, Edu-factory, Labor Exploitation, Non-tenure track professors, NTT professors, part-time professors, The Homeless Adjunct, University, University breakdown, University corruption
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The Homeless Adjunct Tour is Announced
In the last few months, the ‘Junct team – Chris LaBree and I – have traveled to NYC, D.C. (twice!) and to Chicago in order to show clips of the documentary and to give talks about the project, about adjunct/contingent … Continue reading
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Tagged 'Junct: The Trashing of Higher Ed. in America, 2255 Films, Adjunct Faculty, Adjunct Faculty Labor Exploitation, Adjunct Faculty Unions, Adjunct Professors, Can You Spare a Little Social Change, Colleges, Contingent faculty, Faculty Labor Abuse, Higher Education, HIgher Education in the United States, Junct Rebellion, Labor Exploitation, New Faculty Majority, Professors, The Homeless Adjunct, Working for Change in Higher Ed.
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Activism Through Art
It has been over two weeks now since the New Faculty Majority Summit in D.C., where I was happy to meet and share thoughts with so many academic professionals on the faculty labor issues confronting the professoriate. After the conference … Continue reading
