November-December 2000

November-December 2000

Volume 86, Number 6

Contents

Features

Taking a Seat at the Table: Organizing Temporary Faculty
By Lisa Kartus
A group of exploited faculty establish a union local, combining temporary teaching and full-time organizing.

Toma: A Day in the Life
By Lisa Kartus
Shortchanged on salary, a temporary professor nonetheless gives her students full value.

Ozymandias on the Erie
By Mark Shechner
How New York State set about destroying a great university.

The AAUP Organizes Part-Time Faculty
By Richard Moser
The AAUP picks Boston to test a new strategy for organizing part-time faculty and building regional alliances.

Poverty, Race, and the Failure of Public Policy: The Crisis of Access in Higher Education
By Thomas G. Mortenson
Hard evidence proves that poor and minority students are increasingly being denied a college education.

The Hidden Crisis in Graduate Education: Attrition From Ph.D. Programs
By Barbara E. Lovitts and Cary Nelson
Why do half of America's graduate students leave without completing their degrees?

AAUP at Work

Nota Bene

Columns

Elsewhere on the Web