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- Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor
- PAN KISSES KAFKA
- The Red Phoenix
- GameMakerBlog
- we hunted the mammoth
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- Philosophers for Change
- Seattle Education
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- Tenure, She Wrote
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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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- Why Do We Accept Labor Abuse? On Learned Helplessness, and the Viet Cong
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There Is No Such Thing As An Adjunct Professor
Nearly three years have passed since I announced my departure from academic “adjunct” employment, listing my plans for reconstructing my life once I was no longer living the life of a precariously-employed scholar. I’ve been silent here more than I … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Exiting the Edu-Factory, Leaving academia, The Breakdown of the American University System, Workplace Mental Health
Tagged #'JunctRebellion, #Anxiety, #Depression, #HomelessAdjunct, #LaborAbuse, #Mentalstress, #PTSD, #WorkandMentalStress, #WorkplaceStree, adjunct, College, University
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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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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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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
Posted in The Breakdown of the American University System
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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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 