precarious life & times

…not the only item on the PF blogging agenda, which includes National Adjunct Walkout Day , Adjunct Chat 's PD project , #ccourses  ~ a...

Opening with  Developmental psychologist Gordon Neufeld discussing the bully syndrome in order to understand how bullies are mad...

Cross-posted at the Adjunct Project . Many of us have been suggesting for awhile now that, in order for adjuncts to continue gaining mome...

SOMETIMES I THINK NOBODY GETS IT At my community college we have a relatively new upper administration. The President is just finishin...

  With great pleasure, we welcome a guest post from New Faculty Majority Board Member and long time contingent faculty activist, Jack Longm...

*Below, Attached, and By Fax*                                                                                                 June ...

A little story: one that occurs to me as I wait high above a rather nice golf course,  Eagle Crest , waiting for the start of a weekend po...

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February 9, 2012, Senator Ron Wyden D-OR  introduced S-2098 , titled the “ Student Right to Know Before You Go Act ."  (watch unveiling...

Actions. Protests. Campaigns Occupations. Summits. Conferences. Conventions.  You know the boundaries are blurring when cops pepper spray no...

Editor's note (forewords, like afterwords, being traditional and jealously guarded prerogatives): hopefully the perennial but yet to...

Your average (adjunct) college professor earns less than a sanitation worker.....  Please take a few minutes to watch the video below abo...

this bit of research on the Gartner site; while it dates back to August has some interesting speculation about the Future of Work. “People ...

One view of how it looks from the inside, at least among the tracked and tenured... "College professors take a lot of heat from the...

A collection of annotated (best kind) links to book reviews, essays, online articles, blog posts... all in one place for your reading conven...