“All-In”
A look at the conditions of teaching and striking at a regional university in Illinois: “All-In.” It’s a point of view, of course, but it’s one that grounded in fact.
Teaching for free
Prompted by the now-infamous listing for an unpaid teaching position at UCLA, The New York Times looks at the realities of academic labor: “The unspoken secret had been fleetingly exposed: Free labor is a fact of academic life.”
New directions in academia
“Faculty and staff from around campus are invited to sign up to assist in the dining halls!”
“Volunteer adjuncts”
Says one professor, “It looks like an attempt to outsource work to unpaid labor.” I agree.
Resentment
Alas, this essay is behind the paywall: “How Academe Breeds Resentment” (The Chronicle of Higher Education). Change a few words, and what Douglas Dowland says could apply to any workplace.
An adjunct instructor’s student becomes an adjunct instructor
Carmen Maria Machado writes about learning from an adjunct instructor and becoming an adjunct instructor.
Here’s just one reason why someone might reconsider adjunct teaching
“‘Adjunct’ is a strange term: what’s adjunct is supplemental, not essential. Yet so-called adjunct faculty are now a substantial majority of college faculty.”