http://writinginthewild.com "nothing natural about it!" Fri, 18 May 2012 12:26:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://writinginthewild.com/2012/05/09/permanent-austerity/ http://writinginthewild.com/2012/05/09/permanent-austerity/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 12:59:23 +0000 Ray Watkins http://writinginthewild.com/?p=5670 The adjuncts tend to teach core classes at Duquesne, and Cech noted the adjuncts’ lack job security because if their classes do not fill up, they are not guaranteed employment. Adjunct faculty members make up 40 percent of the liberal arts instructors and can earn up to no more than $10,224 in yearly salaries while full-time assistant professors within the liberal arts make a yearly salary of $65,300. "Part-Timers At Duquesne Unionize With the United Steelworkers" I'm always thinking that I sound crabby if not permanently angry so I go in search of good news. This piece, from Adjunct Nation, is in fact very good news insofar as it reports on six schools in the Pittsburgh area that are unionizing in affiliation with the United Steel...]]> http://writinginthewild.com/2012/05/09/permanent-austerity/feed/ 1 http://writinginthewild.com/2012/05/08/show-me-the-public-money/ http://writinginthewild.com/2012/05/08/show-me-the-public-money/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 12:13:13 +0000 Ray Watkins http://writinginthewild.com/?p=5658 decades.   The disparity is often even more shocking when you compare institutions.  I found two stories in this vein today. On the one hand, the Sacramento, California Public Library system is planning to cut hours in an attempt to prevent lay offs of employees. In the richest state in the richest country in the world the most basic of public services, the library, has to cut hours ("Sacramento Public Library closures scheduled due to staff furloughs").  You can just hear the austerity folks chanting their song: "We...]]> http://writinginthewild.com/2012/05/08/show-me-the-public-money/feed/ 2