Filter & Sort
Voting Rights for Adjuncts
U. of Missouri at Columbia considers becoming the latest institution where shared governance includes those off the tenure track.
A Modest Bump
Modern Language Association numbers show that job opportunities are growing slowly in English and foreign languages.
Restricted Entry Redux
First Colorado State, now Harvard. Job announcements favoring recent Ph.Ds. at these universities spur discussion and anger.
Colorado State Rewrites Job Ad That Angered Many
English department originally restricted search to those who earned Ph.D.s in 2010 or later -- a limit that many said discriminated against adjuncts and older scholars.
Restricted Entry
Colorado State job ad says candidates must have earned Ph.D.s in 2010 or later -- and the unusual requirement has some academics seeing unfair bias against those who entered the job market at a terrible time.
At Their Service
Berkeley offers an unusual perk for new faculty: a concierge who can advise them on anything from real estate to pet care.
Not an Adjunct's Salary
The Bidens' tax return had non-tenure track instructors wondering how one of their own could be earning $82,000 a year, but it turns out Jill Biden has become an associate professor.
Online and Underpaid?
Argosy University cuts pay rate for online adjuncts, giving a rarely seen glimpse at adjunct pay and raising questions about how for-profits stack up on salaries.