What Is a Gift?

…from a post that is not about adjuncts, precarious knowledge workers, NTT faculty, or whatever we call ourselves this week ~ but very relevant. Compare "gifts" as used here to similar gifts, perks, favors offered adjunct: more pay but not equity and the gap still widening, adjunct appreciation days, awards, being "lucky" to get hired at the last minute, impossible schedules, etc). From Keithpp's Blog:

As the holiday season fast approaches, it has come to our attention that some of our colleagues, managers and co-worker need help understanding the concept of “gift.”

#HurricaneSandy & New Jersey #Adjuncts

…an instructive account by New Faculty Majority Board member (& Treasurer) Bill Lipkin. His cautionary tale illustrates how being an adjunct during a natural disaster doubles down on disaster ~ and emphasizes the importance of taking action. Adjuncts everywhere, blow a raspberry for Bill's VPAA.

…Hurricane Sandy has further shown how adjuncts are the bottom of the barrel in the minds of administrators in Community Colleges. I am the co-president of our AFT chapter, representing almost 400 adjuncts in our College. There are 168 full time faculty. The College was closed for over a week due to [...]

Read the rest of Hurricane Sandy and New Jersey Adjuncts on the Adjunct Project.