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Category Archives: Social and Economic Inequality
Saying Farewell to David Graeber, Occupy Wall Street Activist, Anthropologist, Author
Many were stunned and heartbroken to learn of the death of David Graeber on Wednesday, September 2. His death was confirmed by his wife, artist and writer, Nika Dubrovsky. Graeber died in Venice; he was 59 years old. Graeber came … Continue reading
The Stupid Slut (Finally) Walks Away
A few days ago, an article in The Guardian by Alastair Gee, hit the internet. In it, the stories of adjunct faculty in desperate poverty are told, once again. Year after year after year, the situation in American academia … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Alt-Ac, Exiting the Edu-Factory, Leaving academia, Social and Economic Inequality, The Breakdown of the American University System
Tagged Academia, Adjunct Activism, Alt-Ac, contingency, Contingent faculty, contingent labor, Debra Leigh Scott, Junct Rebellion, Leaving academia, Stupid Slut, Stupid Slut (Finally) Walks Away, The Homeless Adjunct
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The Hypocrisy of the American University
This post offers Part 2 of our conversation with Pennsylvania State Senator, Daylin Leach. It has been many years now since faculty voices within academia have been speaking out against adjunct hiring, which is the low-wage semester-by-semester hiring of university … Continue reading
Posted in Social and Economic Inequality
Tagged 'Junct: The Trashing of Higher Ed. in America, Adjunct Activism, Adjunct Faculty Labor Exploitation, American college, American universities, College poverty, faculty labor, neoliberal universities, Senator Daylin Leach, The Homeless Adjunct, U.S. academia
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Call to Adjunct Walk-Out Activists — Help Us Shoot the National Event for Our Documentary
Hi everyone! This is a call to all the adjunct activists who are planning to be involved in the nationwide walk-out on Wednesday, February 25, and in other demonstrations for the rights of educators and students that are taking place … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Social and Economic Inequality, The Breakdown of the American University System
Tagged 'Junct: The Trashing of Higher Ed. in America, Academia, Adjunct Activism, Adjunct Labor Exploitation, Adjunct Walkout Day, Chris M. LaBree, College, College Faculty, college students, Debra Leigh Scott, faculty, Faculty Labor Exploitation, Junct Rebellion, Labor Rights, Students, University, Workers' Rights
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Law and the Labor-Abused
These pages have discussed many aspects and problems of what has happened to America’s scholarly class, and how the casualization of the profession of the academic has ruinous repercussions throughout not only higher education in the U.S., but through American … Continue reading
Posted in Social and Economic Inequality, The Breakdown of the American University System
Tagged 'Junct: The Trashing of Higher Ed. in America, Adjunct Faculty, adjuncts, College, corporatized higher education, Daylin Leach, documentary, education, Faculty Labor Abuse, higher ed documentaries, Higher Education, Junct, Junct Rebellion, Labor abuse, labor laws, law, laws and labor abuse, PA legislature, pro-corporate legislators, pro-worker legislation, progressive voters, University, voting
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Inequality, MOOCs and The Predator Elite
It’s been too long since I’ve written here on The Homeless Adjunct blog, but I am back and ready to move forward. The silence was caused by a particularly hard year of never-ending job searching. Two of my three adjunct … Continue reading
Posted in Social and Economic Inequality
Tagged 'Junct: The Trashing of Higher Ed. in America, adjunct labor abuse, death of the middle class, Economic Inequality, economic inequality causes death of democracy, Internet utopia, internet utopians, Jaron Lanier, MOOC, online education, The Homeless Adjunct, Univeristy labor exploitation, Who Owns the Future
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