Campus Equity Week Highlights Contingent Faculty Working Conditions

AAUP
October 10, 2017

Get ready for Campus Equity Week!  During this week, which occurs every other year during the last week of October, groups plan local actions to draw attention to working conditions of faculty in contingent or adjunct positions.  Such faculty, who constitute three fourths of the teaching faculty in higher education, typically work without job security, for low wages, and without access to the professional working conditions that support student learning.

Campus Equity Week (known as Fair Employment Week in some states and in Canada) is supported by a large coalition of faculty activists and organizations of all sizes.  Local actions can be of any size and shape, ranging from those conducted by a handful of people with a minimal budget to chapters with more significant resources.

Read the full article at the national AAUP website here.