Roosevelt Adjunct Faculty Organization (RAFO)

Kudos to adjuncts at Rutgers for calling attention to the precarious position of adjuncts everywhere.

Adjunct Faculty Members Stage Rally During Rutgers Day Adjunct faculty members who will not be invited back in the fall if Rutgers makes cuts to its Writing Program staged a rally during Saturdays Rutgers Day.

Non-tenured faculty at Harvard vote to unionize. A big step forward. Non-tenured faculty at other universities should consider unionizing as well.

Non-tenure faculty at Harvard vote to unionize Non-tenure faculty at Harvard voted overwhelmingly on Friday to unionize, days after employees at Harvard Law schools joined the same union.   The more than workers voted 1094-81 to join the H…

Congratulations to our fellow adjuncts at Columbia College on their new contract.

Columbia College part-time faculty union ratifies new contract with some cut classes restored Adjunct faculty members will return to teaching after winter break and at least 50 course sections that were cut will be restored for the spring semester.

RAFO is delighted that our fellow adjuncts at Columbia College Chicago have reached an agreement with the College on a new contract.

Columbia College reaches deal with striking adjunct faculty The deal will be submitted for a ratification vote Wednesday by the Columbia College Faculty Union. Classes have already ended for the fall.

Sharing a new report on the lives and working conditions of adjuncts.

Adjunct Professors Face a ‘Constant Struggle to Not Give Up,’ Report Says A survey of faculty members off the tenure track, the third in a series from the American Federation of Teachers, paints a familiar picture of their workplace challenges.

Trouble brewing in the higher education world. Be ready. It's bound to be a bumpy ride.

DeSantis Takes On the Education Establishment, and Builds His Brand A proposal by Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida to overhaul higher education would mandate courses in Western civilization, eliminate diversity programs and reduce the protections of tenure.

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Back to the business of education for faculty and students at UIC.

UIC faculty, administration reach contract deal News of a tentative four-year deal brought a sense of normalcy to the Near West Side campus Monday, which was buzzing with students as classes resumed.

RAFO stands in solidarity with the faculty at UIC

Striking UIC faculty pickets, rallies with local, national leaders: ‘Without you, this place would not run’ The union is demanding higher minimum salaries, bigger pay raises that match inflation, mental health support for students, better job security for non-tenure track faculty, learning disability assessments for students and more.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/technology/chatgpt-artificial-intelligence-universities.html?smid=url-share

Alarmed by A.I. Chatbots, Universities Start Revamping How They Teach With the rise of the popular new chatbot ChatGPT, colleges are restructuring some courses and taking preventive measures.

Pending Supreme Court decision might impact efforts to ensure diverse student bodies in higher education .

If Affirmative Action Ends, College Admissions May Be Changed Forever Schools may need to rethink everything, including recruitment, scholarships, standardized testing and alumni preferences.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/us/hamline-university-islam-prophet-muhammad.html?searchResultPosition=1

A Lecturer Showed a Painting of the Prophet Muhammad. She Lost Her Job. After an outcry over the art history class by Muslim students, Hamline University officials said the incident was Islamophobic. But many scholars say the work is a masterpiece.

RAFO commends Roosevelt University for taking a bold step toward making higher education accessible for all!

A big change in tuition is brewing for the incoming class of 2023 | Roosevelt Review Featured A big change in tuition is brewing for the incoming class of 2023 By Jared Fritz-McCarty The college search process is in full-swing across the country as families’ schedules fill with college fairs and school visits. Their primary objective? To narrow their lists of prospective schools ....