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This month’s Higher Education newsletter examines how a set of interconnected—and avoidable—crises in higher education exploit those at the heart of the university’s mission: students and faculty. First, we excerpt from a new book, Power Despite Precarity: Strategies for the Contingent Faculty Movement in Higher Education, which analyzes the rise of the most common kind of employee in higher education: contingent faculty. Next, watch a conversation between labor historians Robin D.G. Kelley and Naomi R. Williams on the struggle for a democratic and inclusive university, moderated by NPQ Economic Justice Editor Rithika Ramamurthy and scholar Dennis Hogan. Another article tracks the growing movement to cancel all student debt pioneered by the Debt Collective. Our final piece ties together the exploitation of contingent faculty, undemocratic governance, and economic precarity for faculty and students—crises that predate the pandemic, despite what administrators claim. No more crisis-talk from direct beneficiaries. The time to organize for a just university is now.
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At the heart of an ongoing crisis in higher education are precariously employed faculty, or "contingents," who work without basic job security, living wages, or benefits. If organized, they have the power to shape the future of higher education. Read more…
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Can higher education advance racial and economic justice? Labor historians Robin D.G. Kelley and Naomi R. Williams weigh in; NPQ economic justice editor Rithika Ramamurthy and Dennis Hogan moderate. Watch the video and read more…
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The fight to cancel student debt gains momentum as members of the Debt Collective call on President Biden to end federal student loan debt by executive order. Read more…
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At a number of universities, COVID-19 is upending their business models, resulting in layoffs, salary reductions, hiring freezes, and benefit cuts. Read more...
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