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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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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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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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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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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
Posted in The Breakdown of the American University System
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
How long? How long?
Through the generosity of people who read this blog, the Adjunct Emergency Fund collected $625, which was sent yesterday to our adjunct in Los Angeles. This money will save his art from destruction; he can pay the overdue amount to … Continue reading
Posted in The Breakdown of the American University System
Tagged 'Junct: The Trashing of Higher Ed. in America, Adjunct Emergency Fund, adjunct faculty labor abuse, adjunct suicides, Chestnut Hill College, Dr. Antonio Calvo, Janice Gervais, Junct Rebellion, Labor abuse, Michael Cour, Princeton University, Rudolf Alexandrov, The Homeless Adjunct
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News about the Adjunct Emergency Fund
Over the course of the last several months, Chris LaBree and I have interviewed and filmed adjuncts who tell stories of poverty, desperation and suffering. We are struck over and over again by the unbelievable financial distress that tens of … Continue reading
Posted in The Breakdown of the American University System
Tagged A call for financial help for adjuncts, adjunct bankruptcy, Adjunct Emergency Fund, adjunct homelessness, adjunct poverty, Adjuncts and homelessness, Adjuncts and poverty, An Adjunct Emergency Fund, Donate to adjuncts, Give money to help adjuncts out of poverty, Junct Rebellion Adjunct Emergency Fund, The Homeless Adjunct
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The Homeless Adjunct 