I want to kick off the first post of this blog by talking about an issue that every graduate student is probably concerned about, the dearth of job openings for tenure-track faculty, and how it’s connected to CUNY’s widespread use of adjuncts and the state’s budget...
On March 31, speaking before the International Donors’ Conference for Haiti, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton proclaimed the United States’ commitment to “help Haiti and to help the leaders of Haiti lead a recovery effort worthy of their highest hopes.” At the conclusion of the...
After more than forty grueling days of strikes and campus occupations, students at the University of Puerto Rico have finally reached a tentative settlement with the University that meets all of their core demands. On April 21, students took over all eleven campuses of the University of Puerto Rico system, effectively shutting down the university for the past two months. The strikes and occupations were called by students in protest against a series of proposed measures by the University that would have raised tuition by fifty percent, massively cut merit based scholarships, and further privatized the university.
While we applaud John Jay’s commitment to ending discrimination, we are less impressed by its commitment to education. A few weeks ago, adjunct faculty members in the departments of sociology and computer science were put on notice that letters of reappointment would not be forthcoming from the college for fall 2010 for any adjunct faculty, and that indeed all adjuncts would be receiving letters of non-reappointment, a crass violation of the spirit animating CUNY’s contract with the PSC.
GC Advocate readers, particularly those steeped in cultural studies, literary theory, political science, and sociology literature are probably very familiar with “star” academics like Cornell West, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and William Julius Wilson, all hailing from our most venerable...
