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Why Do We Accept Labor Abuse? On Learned Helplessness, and the Viet Cong
I come from an abusive and dysfunctional family. For the first seven years of my life, my parents abandoned me to the care of my grandparents and a great aunt, and pretty much anyone else who would feel obligated or … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Exiting the Edu-Factory, Leaving academia, The Breakdown of the American University System
Tagged 'Junct: The Trashing of Higher Ed. in America, Academia, adjunct, colonization, contingent, Corporatism, Corporatized Universities, Debra Leigh Scott, emotional abuse, Higher Education, Labor abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, The Homeless Adjunct, University
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Why Professional Development Matters, a guest blog by Lydia Snow
From Founder of ‘Junct Rebellion and “The Homeless Adjunct” blog, Debra Leigh Scott: “As many of you know, “The Homeless Adjunct” is the blog of ‘Junct Rebellion, which is an organization founded to raise awareness of the many ways in … Continue reading
Posted in The Breakdown of the American University System
Tagged 'Junct: The Trashing of Higher Ed. in America, academic conferences, Academic instruction, academic professional development, adjunct, Adjunct Activism, Adjunct Faculty, contingency, contingency in academia, corporatization of universities, labor abuse in academia, Lydia Snow, professional development, The Homeless Adjunct, universities, University
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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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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
Posted in The Breakdown of the American University System
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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