New report blasts working conditions of adjunct faculty

Mon, 08/27/2012 - 12:29pm

The working conditions of U.S. adjunct and contingent faculty—and, by association, the learning conditions of American college students—came under fire in a report issued Aug. 23 by the Center for the Future of Higher Education.

What a difference a vote makes

Mon, 08/27/2012 - 12:27pm

Just one vote. That was all it took to make the difference in the primary on August 14.

AFT members honored as 'Champions of Change'

Thu, 08/23/2012 - 12:13pm

Three AFT members were honored as "School Turnaround Champions of Change" at the White House on Aug. 21. The honorees are David Cicarella, president of the New Haven Federation of Teachers; Kristen Hayes, an art teacher at Savoy Elementary School in Washington, D.C.; and Edward Wiest, a math teacher at Plenty Coups High School on the Crow Reservation in Pryor, Mont.

Justice for paraprofessionals at last

Mon, 08/06/2012 - 11:32am

IB ImageSchool paraprofessionals in Connecticut achieved long overdue rights under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) when Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed into law Public Act 12-43 during a ceremony Aug. 3 at the State Capitol.

Syndicate content