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Describing economic and professional marginalization of adjunct faculty and reluctance of tenured colleagues and administrators to work for change, calls for institutional caps on percentage of courses taught by adjuncts, a pay rate closer to 75 percent of tenured salary rather than the current 25 percent, and time limits on adjuncts teaching full loads.--ERIC abstract

Private universities implementing nontraditional programs for working adults typically staff these programs with part-time, adjunct, and underpaid faculty with no benefits. The model outlined suggests that a policy establishing nontraditional faculty may represent a false economy. Paying such faculty proportionately more than regular faculty would decrease inefficiencies.--ERIC abstract

Describes the work of the Graduate, Adjunct, Lecturers: Organized Labor at the University of Maryland, noting that the bulk of graduate student struggles overall has occurred at state institutions. The group lobbied state legislators to include nontenured faculty in a bill granting collective bargaining to state employees. Highlights the importance of struggling within the state legislature.--ERIC abstract

Discusses the emergence of today's academic labor movement in higher education, noting problems of pay and working conditions among adjunct faculty and graduate students. Explains the historical context, why the movement is important, where the academic leftists are in this movement, what can be done about the situation, and what follows. Introduces four articles from diverse perspectives on the subject.--ERIC abstract

Part of an issue on "finding a 'sense of place' within the higher education community."--from ERIC abstract

Discusses the employment conditions and levels of satisfaction of the increasing numbers of full- and part-time college faculty members ineligible for tenure. Recommends extension of academic freedom, a reasonable amount of job security for all faculty, inclusion of tenure-ineligible faculty members in governance, and basing faculty rewards and recognition on productivity rather than tenure status. Theme issue: What Contributes to Job Satisfaction among Faculty and Staff, No. 105.--ERIC abstract

From the Yale University Faculty Handbook.

This study explores the relationship between work-life experience, including overload, role conflict, faculty interaction, academic advancement and aging considerations, and stress.

More colleges and universities are relying on contingent faculty--that is, faculty in part- or full-time non-tenure-track positions--to teach. As the number of such faculty grows, so does the amount of litigation on related issues.--from article