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Reversing Course in Pennsylvania Higher Education: The Two Tiers in Faculty Pay and Benefits and a Way Forward
This report adds
to a growing body of research showing significant pay and benefit gaps between
nonpermanent faculty and tenure or tenure-track faculty across the country. It examines 11 of Pennsylvania's 14 community colleges and the State System of
Higher Education (SSHE), which comprises 14 state-funded four-year schools.
Researchers also used publicly available information for four state-related
institutions: Lincoln University, Pennsylvania State University, University of
Pittsburgh and Temple University.
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American Academic: A National Survey of Part-Time / Adjunct Faculty
A national survey of part-time/adjunct faculty that examines who part-time/adjunct faculty are, under what conditions they do their work and how they view that work and the challenges they face on campus. The survey demonstrates that part-time/adjunct faculty are a diverse group. While they are committed to their teaching and eager to serve students, most express concerns about working conditions. |
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FACE Collective Bargaining Toolkit
Looking to put academic staffing issues front and center at the bargaining table? From assessing your local's structure to saying thank you, the toolkit covers all of the basics for designing a powerful campaign that can help your members achieve a more equitable academic staffing structure through negotiations, lay the groundwork for taking FACE beyond the bargaining table, and in the process, strengthen your union. |
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Just Ask!
A new component of the FACE campaign, Just Ask! targets parents and students who are in the process of choosing a college or university and counselors who advise those students. As part of their decision-making process we recommend asking four questions about who is teaching undergraduate classes at an institution and how well those faculty members are treated. Get more information and materials about the campaign on the Just Ask! page.
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Stronger Together
As part of the FACE campaign, AFT has launched Stronger Together to help faculty and staff work together to build the union's power and solidarity to ensure that the academic workforce is built on stable, secure jobs and the concept of equal pay for equal work. This brochure sets forth the basic principles that have been developed over the past year in dialogue with union leaders and rank-and-file members around the country. AFT is working with locals around the country to develop Stronger Together programs at the local level. |
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American Academic: The State of the Higher Education Workforce 1997-2007 (PDF)
Using the most recent ten years of federal data, American Academic examines the state of the higher education workforce in the United States. This first issue of the report, which will be an annual publication produced by AFT Higher Education, documents the troubling trend in higher education of relying more and more on contingent faculty who are underpaid and under-supported. The report also shows that within the ranks of full-time faculty, tenure-track positions continue to erode as a growing percentage of full-time faculty are being hired off the tenure-track. The report also examines changes in the non-instructional workforce. Readers can get even more detailed data on the workforce and much more for any institution of higher education in the country at the AFT Higher Education Data Center.
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Reversing Course: The Troubled State of Academic Staffing
and a Path Forward (PDF)
The AFT's newest report on the academic staffing crisis in higher education documents higher education's continuing reliance on underpaid contingent faculty to staff college and university classrooms and the rapidly declining number of full-time faculty with tenure. The report shows that now over 50 percent of college and university courses are taught by contingent faculty and instructors, most of whom are part-time and paid indefensibly low wages. To begin the work of reversing this trend, the report includes an interactive Excel model that allows unions, institutions and states to calculate what it would cost to incrementally increase the number of full-time tenured faculty and pay contingent faculty an equitable salary. Download the model. |
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FACE Issue Brief: Job Security for Contingent Faculty (PDF)
The first in a series of issue briefs examining key topics related to the academic staffing crisis, particularly looking at the impact of these issues on contingent faculty. The brief not only looks at the issue, but also outlines collective bargaining and legislative responses including how the FACE campaign connects to the issue. |
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FACE Brochure (PDF)
This short brochure gives a quick overview of the staffing problems facing higher education and provides an overview of the FACE campaign. Great for handing out at events, legislative visits or a new member orientations. Contact AFT Higher Education if you would like print copies of the brochure.
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Fairness & Equity: Standards of Good Practice in the Employment of Part-Time/Adjunct Faculty (PDF)
AFT’s quality standards for the employment of part-time/adjunct faculty in colleges and universities. The report outlines a coordinated program to improve the financial and professional circumstances of part-time/adjunct faculty. |
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Standards of Good Practice in the Employment of Full-Time Nontenure-Track Faculty (PDF)
AFT’s quality standards for the employment of full-time nontenure-track faculty. The report provides guidelines for improving the economic and professional working conditions of full-time nontenure-track faculty. |
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Standards of Good Practice in the Employment of Graduate Employees (PDF)
AFT’s quality standards for the employment of graduate employees. The report provides guidelines for improving the economic and professional working conditions of graduate employees.
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