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Feb 25 and 26 are National Adjunct Awareness Day!
Feb 25 and 26 are National Adjunct Awareness Day!
Across the country, adjuncts are striking for recognition and better working conditions. We are not striking – but we ARE raising awareness of the very significant contribution we make to UML.
Please participate Wednesday and Thursday. Wear your Blue Ribbon with Pride!
Wednesday and Thursday: Tell Your Students Who We Are:
572 Adjunct Faculty Members vs. 448 Tenure Track Faculty at UML
We are all members of the Adjunct Faculty Union
Nationally, 70% of all faculty are adjunct – the trend has been toward more adjuncts
Ask your Students: if they can tell the difference between an adjunct and tenured professor, or if they know what the difference is
Explain Tenure:
- Guaranteed job at the University
- Difficult to get – long process, publication, committee approval
- Good salaries and benefits
- Voice in governance
Explain being Adjunct:
- Technically, means “extra.”
- 60-70% of faculty are adjunct – not “extra”
- Many have PhD’s
- Many have interesting work experience/achievements outside of the university
- Teaching is our main job at the University
- Easier to get hired as adjunct
- Little job security
- No retirement or health care
- Low pay
- Unionized 3 years ago – many improvements since then
Allow some time for question and answer.
Hand out the Bookmarks!