The Continuing Saga of College Faculty Forced to Choose Between Food and Shelter
With no job security and low pay in one of the most expensive cities in North America, hundreds of employees at a world-class university are struggling to simply pay their bills. This article is only...
View ArticleTeaching in Japan: Foreign Lecturers Fight for Better Treatment
Foreign academics also face the insecurity of short-term contracts as universities cut budgets, and being relegated to the periphery due to exclusion from core academic meetings at Japanese...
View ArticleS. Korean Legislators Passed the Higher Education Act to Help PT...
However, considering the decrease in the number of both overall and small-sized classes in the first semester, a large number of part-time lecturers could have been fired or at least had the number of...
View ArticlePTer Union in Japan Negotiates End to Fixed-Term Employment Contracts
The abolition of the limited-term employment system at the University of Tokyo allows contract full- or part-time administration staff and (from April this year) part-time teachers to apply for, and be...
View ArticleUK Member of the European Parliament Asks EU to Stop Discrimination Against...
AdjunctNation has been following the struggle of non-tenured lecturers in Italy since 2002. ALLSI Chair David Petrie is still fighting for equal pay and equal treatment for hundreds of non-Italians who...
View ArticleBefore His Death, Canadian Adjunct Prof. Was Under Investigation for Sexual...
by Raechel Huizinga Former adjunct English Professor Andrew Bretz, who passed away on Aug. 21, 2018 at the age of 42, was under investigation for sexual harassment by the University in the months...
View ArticleTo Protect the Jobs of Australian Casuals, Union Calls for Across the Board...
by Jess Harris, Kathleen Smithers and Nerida Spina The National Tertiary Education Union this week struck an agreement with universities that no ongoing university staff member would be stood down...
View ArticleKagawa University Investigated for Employing 400 Part-time Lecturers on...
by Sahomi Nishimoto The education ministry has begun investigating Kagawa University in western Japan following the finding that it has left classes in the hands of about 400 part-time lecturers...
View ArticleMalaysia’s Largest University Looks to Trim Jobs of 600 Part-time Lecturers...
by Rahimi Yunus Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) is likely to terminate its part-time lecturer program and trim its strategic plan after funding was slashed under Budget 2021 announced this month. The...
View ArticleIn Indian State of Hyderabad, Faculty Ask Court to Force Colleges to...
Stating that it would soon decide whether the experience of a part-time lecturer would count for the purpose of filling principal posts at Gurukul residential schools and colleges in the state, the...
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