Contingent Faculty News Today

By looking at the labor history of academia, you can see the roots of a crisis in higher education that has been decades in the making.

As much as 70% of faculty at U.S. higher educational institutions are contract workers without benefits or job security. That's not good for them, students or schools.

Just over half of faculty work part-time and more than half of CSU faculty do not have long-term job security.

During week-long, rolling walk-outs at four California State University campuses, faculty highlighted the tenuous working conditions of lecturers, who are a a backbone of instruction but ineligible for tenure.

The faculty union and the Cal State system remain divided in contract negotiations. Faculty want a 12% raise for 2023-24, but the system says it is not possible.

The California Legislature should remove part-time community college faculty workload restriction and mandate health insurance.

DePaul Faculty Council voted on four changes to the Faculty Handbook on Wednesday. All four revisions were passed by the Faculty Council and relate to definitions and policies regarding term and adjunct faculty. Three of the changes to the handbook regard better defining formal reviews for term faculty and the use of functional titles for...

Currently, there are 150 non-tenure-track, full-time teaching faculty and over 200 adjunct professors on Howard's campus.

Currently, there are 150 non-tenure-track, full-time teaching faculty and over 200 adjunct professors on Howard's campus.

Currently, there are 150 non-tenure-track, full-time teaching faculty and over 200 adjunct professors on Howard's campus.