November-December 2008

 

Features

The Centrality of Contingent Faculty to Academe’s Future
By Gary Rhoades
If you’re concerned about academe, you need to be concerned about contingent faculty.

Gender, Contingent Labor, and Writing Studies
By Deirdre McMahon and Ann Green
Teaching composition off the tenure tack.

Nameless, New Haven, and Nicholls
By Jordan E. Kurland
Three recent AAUP cases.

Organizing in the Lab
By Benjamin Weaver
Postdocs seek union protection.

The Seamy Side of Science
By Daniel S. Greenberg
Something is seriously amiss with postdoc programs.

How to Succeed in an Academic Science Career
By Juan Carlos G. Marvizón
No tenure, no salary, no role in governance.

Battling for Hearts and Minds
By Marc Bousquet
Organizational change as culture war.

Including Contingent Faculty in Governance
By Joe Berry and Elizabeth Hoffman
Job security is a prerequisite.

Legal Remedies for Contingent Faculty
By Nicolas Manicone
Contracts, handbook and the law.

Gaining Access to Unemployment Insurance
By Beverly Stewart
Strategies for success.

Lobbying for Contingent Faculty Interests
By Nicole Byrd
Lobbying in and outside of unions.

Working Without a Union in New Mexico
By Niame Adele and Christine Rack

Multi-Union Efforts in New York
By Marcia Newfield

Lobbying in a “Right-to-Work” State
By Andrew William Smith

Contingent Faculty and Student Outcomes
By Audrey J. Jaeger
Exploiting faculty hurts students.