Faculty working conditions are student learning conditions. The budget is the proof. PFF wants more eyes on it.

#PFF #PalomarFacultyFederation #HigherEd #HigherEdLabor #FacultyRights #BudgetTransparency #CollectiveBargaining #StudentSuccess #AdjunctFaculty #ContingentFaculty

and real job security for contingent faculty everywhere. The fight is winnable. It's time to move.

#AdjunctFaculty #ContingentFaculty #HigherEd #AcademicFreedom #DueProcess #AFT1931 #HigherEdLabor #FacultyRights

"The response has to come from labor." 🎙️
Todd Wolfson, President of AAUP, breaking down how decades of divestment pushed higher ed into a corporate model — and what it's going to take to fight back. Secure, dignified, long-term work for faculty isn't a wish. It's a demand.
#AAUP #ContingentFaculty

hallway leading to a darkened door. white tape lines on ugly, institutional carpeting (brown and tan stripes)

looks like there was a murder at school. oh yeah, they killed my teaching gig :(

#contingentfaculty

Mass job cuts at UA's writing program amid financial woes The University of Arizona terminated the contracts of at least 10 full-time faculty members from its writing program this week, citing low fall enrollment. The decision to let go 20% of the faculty co...

Mass job cuts at UA's writing program amid financial woes
www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report...

#HigherEd #AcademicSky #ContingentFaculty #Union

Hey #AcademicSky is it normal to just, like, feel really down as you get near the end of this thing? I need to finish (which feels impossible w/a 4/4) but finishing opens up sooo many more questions about what's next. #phdABD #ContingentFaculty

The *best* part about this is having to ask myself why it matters that I finish my degree if all I'm going to get are NTT jobs teaching gen eds students mostly hate taking. While seeing that an incoming colleague who's also ABD got hired TT. #dissertationlife #phdabd #ContingentFaculty

Gutted courses, fewer majors, faculty layoffs: Who will feel Cal State’s 8% budget cut? The Cal State system is bracing for a cut of $375 million — a result of rising costs and declining enrollment. University officials warn of fewer classes and faculty layoffs.

And this started well before the newest threats to Dept of Ed and EOs targeting DEI.
#academicsky
#academicchatter
#edusky
#lecturers
#contingentfaculty
www.kpbs.org/news/educati...

If you’re on a hiring committee, push to include the expected salary in the ad.

Shocking, I know, that already-overworked #contingentfaculty would love to know what a non TT lecturer will be paid to run an online graduate program.

#AcademicSky #edusky #highered #higheredjobs #transparencymatters

I’d like suggestions for accounts dedicated to supporting academic contingent/adjunct workers rights. I believe we either need a fundamental change in this system or an end to academic contract work. #highereducation #contingentfaculty #adjuncts