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Winter-Spring 2003
CEW
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From:
David Bernans <research@dojo.tao.ca>
Date: Sat May 17, 2003 8:18:10 PM US/Pacific
To: "Adjunct Mailing List" <adj-l@lyris.gc.cuny.edu>
Subject: union solidarity at Concordia
"The workers at the Concordia Student Union have just negotiated
and submitted their first collective agreement to the Ministry of Labour
here in Quebec" (More)
Leftover
Office
by Joe Berry
From "Cogs in the Classroom Factory:
The changing identity of academic labor," Deborah Herman and
Julie
Schmid, eds. Praeger (Greenwood), 2003
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Campus
Equity Week’s Offspring Takes a Few Steps:
Contingent Faculty Organizing in Metro Chicago
From Working USA, by Joe Berry
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Americans
Give Higher Education High Marks
in All Areas Except Cost, Survey Finds
Chronical
of Higher Ed. Article
But
With the Job Market, a Higher Degree May Not Pay
Get
a Job By ROBERT B. REICH
New
York Times Article
And
the Fiscal Crisis Is Reducing Access to
Four Year Colleges and Universities, and to Community Collleges
EDUCATION
BEARS BRUNT OF STATE CUTS
University
of California Lecturers
Gain
Three Year Renewable Appointments
"Sacramento
Bee" Article
Liberal
Education and Social Responsibility
Remarks for the Annual Meeting - AAUP President Jane
Buck
June 11-15, 2003
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PDF Version
2003
Poll of Adjunct Writing Faculty
Conducted by the Conference on College Composition and
Communication
Gloria McMillan, Ph.D., Principal Investigator <glomc@DakotaCom.net>
A
Review of Web Sites for Contingent Faculty
Review by James C. McDonald
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
INTERNATIONAL
APPEAL
No
to War!
For the Defense of Public Education!
We,
the undersigned unionists and activists in the public education sector
in France and the United States, are issuing this appeal to promote
and expand the building of the International Conference in Defense of
Public Education, which will be held in Paris, France, on June 13-14,
2003. More
A
TRAILING SPOUSE, tired of low-paying adjunct work
arranges a sabbatical for herself
"The
University Must Listen to Lecturers' Concerns"
Staff
Editorial, Michigan Daily
"Eggheads
Unite"
(May
4, 2003, New York Times), Daniel Duane
Teachers
of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Adopts
Position Paper on Equitable Treatment for Part-time, Adjunct, and
Contingent Faculty (March 2003)
Read
the Paper
COCAL-California
Conference
Contingent
Faculty and Funding
in California's Public Universities and Community Colleges:
Can
We Stop the War on Education?
MAY
3, 2003
Information
and Registration Form
COCAL
V Commentary
"Time
for a New Deal for
Contingent Academic Labor"
Ann Larson
COCAL
V
"Contingent
Labor Meets"
by Vinnie Tirelli -Brooklyn College
Campus
Equity Week is a flexible campaign, designed so anyone can take part
- whether you're an individual on a campus, a local union or association,
or a national group.
More...
About
CEW
A
coalition of Unions and
Professional Associations has established a CEW Steering Committee with
Regional and Campus
Contacts with the goal of facilitating your activities on your local
campus.
Support
Campus Equity Week
Organizations
are encouraged to formally support CEW. The list of Coalition
Members includes organizations that have passed resolutions of support
under "Organizational Endorsements."
Those that are helping to fund CEW coordination are listed as "Sponsor
Organizations."
Help
recruit organizational support
Notify
Chris Storer of support at <storer@fhda.edu>.
Checks
should be made out to "Campus Equity Week"
and mailed to:
Suren
Moodliar, Co-coordinator
North American Alliance for Fair Employment
33 Harrison Ave, 3rd flr, Boston, MA 02111
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