Monday, April 6, 2009
New Majority Faculty Day Links
cocal
new faculty majority blog
Canadian professionals
cooking with Dionysus
new majority faculty day
our youtube site
Friday, April 3, 2009
New Majority Faculty Day Videos
Please go to the youtube site to post your own video testimonials of what it is like to teach outside of the tenure system youtube
Also post your written stories at: equal pay for equal work
Also post your written stories at: equal pay for equal work
Slogans for New Majority Faculty Day Signs
Equal Pay for Equal Work!
Defend Our Teachers!
Support Our Students!
Fight Budget Cuts!
Education Should be a UC Priority!
UC = AIG
Protect Our Libraries!
Take Back Our University!
Dude, Where’s my University?
Defend Our Teachers!
Support Our Students!
Fight Budget Cuts!
Education Should be a UC Priority!
UC = AIG
Protect Our Libraries!
Take Back Our University!
Dude, Where’s my University?
New Majority Faculty Day Talking Points
New Majority Faculty Day Talking Points
1. We want the public to know that the majority of faculty teaching undergraduate courses in higher education teach outside of the tenure system.
2. Universities and colleges, like the university of California, have been raising tuition (student fees) and executive salaries, while they cut the people doing most of the teaching, which results in fewer classes for students and an expansion of class size.
3. UC claims that it must make these cuts because of the reduction of state support, but this reduction equals less than 1% of the UC budget.
4. It is all about priorities, and sadly, in the UC system, undergraduate education is often a low priority.
5. By hiring more faculty, and protecting the faculty who teach undergraduate courses, we can provide students with the quality education they expect and deserve from the university.
1. We want the public to know that the majority of faculty teaching undergraduate courses in higher education teach outside of the tenure system.
2. Universities and colleges, like the university of California, have been raising tuition (student fees) and executive salaries, while they cut the people doing most of the teaching, which results in fewer classes for students and an expansion of class size.
3. UC claims that it must make these cuts because of the reduction of state support, but this reduction equals less than 1% of the UC budget.
4. It is all about priorities, and sadly, in the UC system, undergraduate education is often a low priority.
5. By hiring more faculty, and protecting the faculty who teach undergraduate courses, we can provide students with the quality education they expect and deserve from the university.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
UC Sample Announcement
On Thursday, April 30, 2009, all lecturers and graduate students in the UC system are being urged to teach all or part of their classes outside. On this day, faculty all over the country will be teaching outside, holding rallies and press conferences to educate the public and students about the current state of teaching at American universities and colleges.
It is a national one day event to draw attention to the fact that the majority of teaching in higher education is done by faculty with no tenure, limited academic freedom and virtually no job security. By taking their classes’ outdoors, non-tenure-track faculty make their teaching visible and gain a stronger sense of shared working conditions.
In the University of California system, there exists the threat that administrators will use the state’s current economic downturn to justify the letting go of lecturers and graduate assistants. Once these teachers are released, we will witness a cutting of courses, an expansion of class size and an increase in tuition and fees. In other words, parents and students will be paying more and getting less.
While some cost cutting will have to be implemented, we have to question why the loss of funds will be taken from the most vulnerable, non-tenured faculty and students. Why don’t universities eliminate administrative position or freeze their salaries? Why can’t these wealthy educational institutions borrow from their billion dollar endowments and research funds to weather the storm?
If faculty, students, and staff step outside and make their presence known, they may be able to stop the easy administrative solution of just not rehiring the vital teachers who work outside the tenure system. By claiming our status as the New Majority in higher education, we can protect the quality of education in American universities and colleges.
Please come out and support faculty, students, and higher education on April 30th.
It is a national one day event to draw attention to the fact that the majority of teaching in higher education is done by faculty with no tenure, limited academic freedom and virtually no job security. By taking their classes’ outdoors, non-tenure-track faculty make their teaching visible and gain a stronger sense of shared working conditions.
In the University of California system, there exists the threat that administrators will use the state’s current economic downturn to justify the letting go of lecturers and graduate assistants. Once these teachers are released, we will witness a cutting of courses, an expansion of class size and an increase in tuition and fees. In other words, parents and students will be paying more and getting less.
While some cost cutting will have to be implemented, we have to question why the loss of funds will be taken from the most vulnerable, non-tenured faculty and students. Why don’t universities eliminate administrative position or freeze their salaries? Why can’t these wealthy educational institutions borrow from their billion dollar endowments and research funds to weather the storm?
If faculty, students, and staff step outside and make their presence known, they may be able to stop the easy administrative solution of just not rehiring the vital teachers who work outside the tenure system. By claiming our status as the New Majority in higher education, we can protect the quality of education in American universities and colleges.
Please come out and support faculty, students, and higher education on April 30th.
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