Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Some Interesting Online Reading NYU Adjunct Faculty Vote to Unionize by American Federation of Teachers
A June 2002 release describing the successful effort of NYU adjunct faculty to unionize. When Are Teachers Auto Workers? When They Are N.Y.U. Adjuncts by AdjunctNation.com
A follow up to the above article, this article from the September/October 2002 edition of AdjunctNation.com explains how NYU adjuncts ended up voting to be represented by the UAW. Going Adjunct, by Andreas Killen
This 1998 article at Salon.com describes one person's experience as an adjunct faculty member. Part-Time Faculty Are Here to Stay, by Pamela Bach
A 1999 article from Planning for Higher Education that describes the author's vision of the role part-time faculty play in institutions of higher education. (This site uses rather strange formatting. Scroll to the right if needed to view the article.) Four Steps to Succeeding Outside the Ivory Tower, by Jennifer Stone Gonzalez
Another article from Salon.com,this offers the authors advice for those with PhD's who are considering leaving academia.
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