The Education Factory
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.
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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.