http://howtheuniversityworks.com/wordpress Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:50:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can't think of a better July 4th message than this, originally posted July 1 on the Chronicle of Higher Ed's Brainstorm group blog.   Here's to all the trustees, administrators & legislators that made this message possible.    A couple of days ago, I posted a link to the Living Wage Calculator, and casually & rhetorically -- but ... http://howtheuniversityworks.com/wordpress/archives/122 Use this living wage calculator to find out who’s eligible for food stamps at your school. Before I get to the proper business of this post, here's something that really deserves a post of its own, but I know I'll neglect if I don't just link to it now. Must-read bloggery over ... http://howtheuniversityworks.com/wordpress/archives/121 This begins an occasional series. Tomorrow's post will feature The Other USC: Graduate Students on Food Stamps in South Carolina. Thomas Boyd, In Time of Peace (1935). "Hicks's voice was sharp as he swung around. 'Except when I was in the army, people have tried to make me feel like that ... http://howtheuniversityworks.com/wordpress/archives/120 photo: Louis Lanzano, Associated Press So yesterday I suggested that some other person take up a camera and assist the trustees to introduce themselves.But then I thought, why wait? These clever, selfless folks have overseen the vicious gutting of the faculty--earnestly saving on our wages and benefits ("$1000 a class--what great ... http://howtheuniversityworks.com/wordpress/archives/119 This one comes over Vinnie Tirelli's indispensable ADJ-L discussion list, courtesy of active list member, AAUP past president Jane Buck. Apparently concerned by the administration's efforts to transfer students into a program staffed by non-union faculty, the leadership of a creative independent union, the Adjunct Faculty Association at Nassau Community College, ... http://howtheuniversityworks.com/wordpress/archives/118 Many thanks for the suggestions on the Academic Labor Bookshelf. Later in the summer, I'll reissue it, revised, expanded, and with commentary. A couple of weeks back, I linked to a report by Phil Jack on AFT's Face Talk about the case of Margaret West, a 20-year veteran part-timer at Edmonds ... http://howtheuniversityworks.com/wordpress/archives/117 Despite its length, this "bookshelf" is quite selective and personal. I've left out many helpful individual texts, and entire categories of useful material, including histories of academic unionism, studies of comparable worth and gender inequity, the idea of the university discourse, together with studies of postmodernity, disciplinarity, and professionalism. I've ... http://howtheuniversityworks.com/wordpress/archives/116 Teaching in Hell very short fiction by Richard Dean He just might get part-time teaching work at one of the several universities in the area, but there were no guarantees. He might well end up working at a grocery store, or a bar, or, if things went really badly, at a convenience ... http://howtheuniversityworks.com/wordpress/archives/115 Contrary to administrative propaganda (and the self-image of many faculty members), tenure-stream professors are not tweedy library mice or individualistic mavericks wildly hostile to collective endeavor. In fact, by the calculation of the brilliant, indispensable Gary Rhoades (Managed Professionals and Academic Capitalism in the New Economy), nearly half of all faculty ... http://howtheuniversityworks.com/wordpress/archives/114 So I learned that a good way to help your 3-month-old with his first flight is to pretend that takeoffs and landings are your favorite things in the world. Even when they're not. I also suspect that loudly pretending that you are having a great time with takeoff and landing ... http://howtheuniversityworks.com/wordpress/archives/113