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Education Jobs in Senate
The House passed the supplemental appropriations bill including $10 billion for education jobs on July 2, 2010. That funding is targeted to K-12 only. NEA is working to put higher education jobs back into the package. See our letter to the appropriations committee and our letter to Senator Harkin requesting that restoration. Also see the television ad we are running focusing on higher education. Write to edinsider@nea.org and share your story of what is happening at your institution or in your state. For more information, read our alert.
Contingent Organizing Struggle
Earlier this year the United Adjunct Faculty Association of East West University filed a petition with the NLRB to form an adjunct faculty union affiliated with the Illinois Education Association. The administration responded by informing all the adjuncts that they will not be rehired for the summer, and that full-time faculty will teach all summer courses. In addition, adjuncts will only be rehired for the fall semester if they go through a private interview with the chancellor. Faced with holding an election for a unit that had no members, UAFA withdrew its petition, with the intention of refilling in the fall.
At the request of IEA President Ken Swanson, NEA President Dennis Van Roekel wrote a letter protesting these actions to Dr. M. Wasiullah Khan, Chancellor of the university. In addition, NCHE President Jim Rice wrote a letter to Professor Curtis Keyes, president of UAFA at East West University, pledging NCHE’s support. NEA staff are working with the IEA to support their efforts on this situation.
Political debates are raging at the federal and state levels around the questions of what level of funding is necessary for colleges and universities to adequately educate their students, develop knowledge, and play their proper role contributing to society. NEA has long believed that investment in higher education pays back dividends to both the individual and society at large. NEA’s Chief Economist Richard Sims recently responded to some conservative arguments against higher education with his thoughts, which you can check out by joining our group discussion site for Higher Education Faculty and Staff. Read Richard’s comments and give us your thoughts on this discussion.
ANNOUNCING "Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy"
A new online peer-reviewed journal to advance research and scholarly thought in academic collective bargaining, and make relevant and pragmatic peer-reviewed research accessible to practitioners and to scholars in the field.
Accepting and publishing relevant manuscripts of scholarly inquiry, opinion and thoughtful reflection and notes from the field.
To submit a manuscript, see the journal webpage: www.library.eiu.edu/NCSCBHEP/Journal/ .
The Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy is a publication of the National Center for the Study of Collective Bargaining in Higher Education and the Professions, is supported in part by a generous contribution from TIAA-CREF, and is hosted by Booth Library, Eastern Illinois University.
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| Advocate June 2010 | NEA 2010 Almanac | Thought & Action 2009 |
To learn more about the work of the NEA in higher education and the issues and priorities of our higher education members—faculty, education support professionals, academic professionals and graduate assistants—follow these links to NEA's Higher Education program.
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