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- Saying Farewell to David Graeber, Occupy Wall Street Activist, Anthropologist, Author
- How American Universities Have Destroyed Scholarship in the U.S.
- There Is No Such Thing As An Adjunct Professor
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How American Universities Have Destroyed Scholarship in the U.S.
Put simply, universities traditionally have pursued a three-prong mission: 1) to provide excellent educational opportunities, 2) to support scholarly research and study, and 3) to encourage both professional and community service. There has been a lot written recently about how … Continue reading
Exit the Edu-Factory – a Call for Manuscripts
This is a call for writers who might like to join the conversations around the issue of exodus of the corporatized university. Exit the Edu-Factory: Essays on Refusal, Rebellion & Rebirth is an anthology of essays discussing the ways in … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, The Breakdown of the American University System
Tagged Adjunct Activism, American universities, Call for Manuscripts, Corporatized Universities, Essays, Exit the Edu-factory, Faculty Labor Exploitation, Publication, Revolt in Academia, Student uprisings, Students, universities
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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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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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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
Posted in Homeless Adjunct Road Trip, The Breakdown of the American University System
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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The Homeless Adjunct 