[Smlr_net] Chronicle of Higher Education: Now — Yes, Now — Is the Time for Contingent Faculty to Organize

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Title: Now — Yes, Now — Is the Time for Contingent Faculty to Organize

*Authors: * Josh Brahinsky and Roxi Power

*Source:* Chronicle of Higher Education

*Date:* April 24, 2020

*Summary: *Long before the virus, uncertainty was a given for contingent faculty https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Great-Shame-of-Our/239148. Many of us have little sense of our next teaching gig. We can barely sign a lease, let alone get a loan on a house. Yet, averaged across all higher-ed institutions, we’re responsible for teaching the majority https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-University-Is-a-Ticking/246119 of college courses.

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