Adjunct professors often work in solitude. Because they are only on
campus to teach their classes, have no office, and are not invited to
participate in the life of their departments, they have little opportunity to get
to know and interact with each other.
E-mail and the Internet provide a means to overcome isolation, share
information and experiences, and cooperate in the pursuit of change.
Food for thought on adjunct organizing on the Internet
Open-Source Unionism: New Workers, New Strategies
By Julie M. Schmid. Academe Jan/Feb 2004.
In "Open-Source Unionism: Beyond Exclusive Collective Bargaining,"
published in fall 2002 in the journal Working USA, Labor scholars Richard
B. Freeman and Joel Rogers use the term "open-source unionism" to
describe a form of unionization that uses Web technology to organize in
hard-to-unionize workplaces. This article explores its implication to adjunct
faculty.
Educational Technology and "Roads Scholars."
By Anthea Tillyer. Academe July/Aug 2004.
Too often, technology is an abstraction. The new conditions of academic
labor play an important role in who does and doesn't benefit from new IT
teaching tools.
Integrating Adjunct Faculty into the Instructional Technology Fold
By
Compatibility issues between new campus technology and the Adjuncts
pose challenges.
Existing e-forums (fora) for adjuncts
The Adjunct Advocate publishes an e-mail newsletter.
If you're not a regular reader of this e-newsletter, and would like to be,
simply send an e-mail to editor@adjunctadvocate.com. It's free.
Also sponsors and a message board / e-forum for adjuncts.
The Invisible Adjunct Although now defunct, this interactive blog offers
profound insight into many aspects of academic life on the margins.
May a state university deny adjuncts the right to use the
university's IT systems for advocacy and union organizing?
We brought a test case to find out:
See Faculty Rights Coalition v. Shahrokhi: The E-forum case
Related documents:
The Adjuncts' Manifesto censored by UHD IT Chief Shahrokhi
The Adjuncts' First Amendment Civil Rights Complaint
against Shahrokhi in the U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of Texas - Houston Division
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