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I agree with Asheesh that the quality of university teaching by tenured professors would improve if the tenure process took teaching into greater consideration relative to research output. And based o… more →
Little Wild Bouquet
"We're not that different from pipefitters."
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Learning Outcomes: The Absurd Becomes Logical
wrote 4 weeks ago: F.W. Taylor LEARNING OUTCOMES: THE ABSURD BECOMES LOGICAL This is the title of a topical and importa … more →
APSCUF's endorsement of HR 676 (Medicare for All)
wrote 1 month ago: [Other than a slight error--APSCUF isn't affiliated with NEA--I'm happy to see this announcement out … more →
“My biggest fear,” Mr. Yudof said, “is an exodus of faculty.”
wrote 1 month ago: So tuition is going up 32% in the University of California system and the system president’s p … more →
Strike at U. of Illinois.
wrote 1 month ago: Graduate student employees at the University of Illinois have gone on strike to protect their tuitio … more →
Chronicle for Higher Education
wrote 1 month ago: Why Faculties Shouldn’t ‘Give Back’ During Negotiations By Howard Bunsis Administr … more →
Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor - Issue 16
wrote 1 month ago: Workplace WORKPLACE: A JOURNAL FOR ACADEMIC LABOR – ISSUE 16 The Editors of Workplace: A Jour … more →
Isn't that slavery (or at least a blatant violation of American labor law)?
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wrote 1 month ago: Some contingent faculty in California state schools are apparently now teaching for free. This news … more →
Why nobody should get "release time"
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wrote 2 months ago: I’ve been grinding the axe for a while now, in the hallways at conferences, at parties and wha … more →
The 3rd best job in America?
wrote 2 months ago: The brutal attack on this story over at RYS (where I first found it) is much deserved. Just tell any … more →
Overwork is the new academic unemployment.
wrote 2 months ago: More proof that that Student at the University of Arizona had a point. … more →
The good news is there'll be less time for committees.
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wrote 2 months ago: If you Google the newly-popular term “Higher Education bubble” you get stuff like this: … more →
So why didn't they occupy the president's office?
wrote 3 months ago: So a building on the campus of a major American university has been occupied for four days and I hav … more →
"The only expensive thing left in higher education was the labor."
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wrote 3 months ago: The title of this post is the first problem with “College for $99 a Month.” [Obviously, … more →
Assume a can opener...
wrote 4 months ago: Marc Bousquet deservedly beats up on the economist Don Boudreaux in this post at How the University … more →
Solidarity with Maryland Grads and Adjuncts!
wrote 4 months ago: While graduate employees at Rutgers University have enjoyed the benefits of collective bargaining si … more →
Hooray for Hilda!
wrote 4 months ago: “Adjunct faculty are being particularly hard-hit by the financial crisis at the state level. T … more →
Why unions should fight for single-payer health care
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wrote 4 months ago: This is an extension of my last post, or maybe one direction it could have gone but didn’t … more →
Making people mean what they say
wrote 4 months ago: [Long and rambling; beware] Well, I suppose it’s impossible to *make* people mean anything; th … more →
