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/2011/10/12/youve-been-schooled-class-war-class-struggle/ http://writinginthewild.com/2011/10/12/youve-been-schooled-class-war-class-struggle/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:33:05 +0000 Ray Watkins http://writinginthewild.com/?p=4933 http://writinginthewild.com/2011/10/12/youve-been-schooled-class-war-class-struggle/feed/ 0