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better formatting and to see photos of the protests read the attached PDF file</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.8pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif"> </span><b style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">Volume
24: Number 4, February 26, 2015 </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">(labor
donated)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">Campus Contacts:</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">Francesca Sammarruca </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">(<a href="mailto:fsammarr@uidaho.edu">fsammarr@uidaho.edu</a>), <b>Randy
Berriochoa</b> (<a href="mailto:berrioch@csi.edu">berrioch@csi.edu</a>), <b>Craig
Steenberg </b>(<a href="mailto:csteenbe@lcsc.edu">csteenbe@lcsc.edu</a>),<b> John Trombold</b>(NIC)<b> </b>(<a href="mailto:jmtrombold@yahoo.com">jmtrombold@yahoo.com</a>), <b>Jim</b><b> Stockton </b>(<a href="mailto:jstockto@boisestate.edu"><span style="background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">jstockto@boisestate.edu</span></a>), <b>Dave Delehanty </b>(<a href="mailto:deledavi@isu.edu">deledavi@isu.edu</a>)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">Nick
Gier, President </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">(<a href="mailto:ngier006@gmail.com">ngier006@gmail.com</a>)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">Kim
Johnson, Vice-President </span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">(<a href="mailto:kajohnso@nic.edu">kajohnso@nic.edu</a>)</span><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">UI
and BSU Faculty Join National Adjunct Walk-Out Day</span></b></p>
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Adjuncts Now Organizing</span></b></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">UI and BSU
Faculty Join National Adjuncts Walk-Out Day, Feb. 25</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;text-align:center"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;text-align:center">Read IFT “white
paper” on this issue at <a href="http://www.idaho-aft.org/contingents.htm">www.idaho-aft.org/contingents.htm</a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Thousands of part-time higher education
instructors walked off their jobs </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">or
participated in other forms of protest <span style="color:black">on Feb.
25. (The date chosen fortuitously
coincided the with Paterson Silk Strike 102 years ago.) In 1969 70 percent of
faculty</span> <span style="color:black">were full-time, but now only 30
percent are. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">“Contingent” faculty (adjuncts, lecturers,
and graduate students) now teach about two-thirds of the nation's classes at
low pay, with no job security and little or no benefits. At the City University
of New York adjuncts teach 59 percent of the courses, but earn only 29-38
percent of what full-time faculty are paid.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Adjuncts at Temple University starting their
action on Feb. 24. A majority of them had just signed cards for AFT union representation,
and Temple administrators had blocked their efforts. Part-time faculty at
Temple are paid $1,300 per credit hour with no benefits.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Part-time faculty at the University of Idaho,
Boise State, Seattle University</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif"> (where
hundreds lined the campus streets)<span style="color:black">, </span>University
of Arizona, <span style="color:black">Ohio State, University of Maryland,
several New Jersey cam</span><span style="color:black">puses, Boston College,
University of Nevada system, Cleveland State, Central New Mexico Commnity
College, Syracuse University, most of the campuses in San Diego, many
University of California campuses, and many others participated in </span>action
of <span style="color:black">one form or other. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Instead of walk-outs (</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">some union contracts ban them)<span style="color:black">,
faculty stage</span>d<span style="color:black"> teach-ins, where instructors
will use class time to talk about their dire working conditions. Some</span>,
such as UI faculty,<span style="color:black"> </span>did<span style="color:black"> “grade-ins,” where contingent faculty will gather to grade papers en
masse. This action symbolizes the fact
that many adjuncts do not have offices.</span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Many full-time faculty</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">, including some at UI and BSU,<span style="color:black">
also partic</span>i<span style="color:black">pate</span>d<span style="color:black"> in National Adjunct Walk-Out Day. Nancy Leong, associate
professor of law at the University of Denver, states: “Those of us who are
tenured and tenure-track faculty should care in an even more immediate way, as
the fate of the adjunct is intimately tied with the fate and shape of our own
institutions.” </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Editor's Note: </span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">We thank our fellow unionists in the Service
Employees International Union (SEIU) for their yeoman efforts in organizing the
protest on the BSU campus.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Adjuncts Now Organizing at BSU</span></b><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">by Dana Hathaway, BSU philosophy department</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Adjuncts are organizing at universities and
colleges across the country, and Boise State is no exception. Over the
last 20 years, part-time, contingent faculty has become the new faculty
majority. Data from the US Department of Education finds the nationwide average
to be approximately 75% of faculty. At Boise State, the estimates range
from 47%-60%. If we care about the
future of higher education, we ought to take notice: faculty, students,
parents, community leaders, and anyone with an interest</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif"> in quality higher education.</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif"><span style="color:black">
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There was a time when adjuncts were the minority faculty: retired professors
and professionals or active businesspersons wanting to teach a class now and
then. Hiring part-time instructors is in fact necessary, as extra sections are
added based on changing enrollment.
Adjuncts were meant to be, as the word suggests, <i>supplementary</i> to
full-time faculty based on this need. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">What <i>is</i> the appropriate balance of
part-time, contingent faculty, and tenured, tenure-eligible, and non-tenured
full-time faculty? As a philosophy instructor, I would suggest that we consult
Aristotle on the proper mean between extremes. What is a balance that would be <i>virtuous</i>—in
the best interests of educators, learners, and tax payers? This is a question that must be sincerely
asked, thoughtfully contemplated, and answered to the best of our collective
abilities. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">The adjunctification of higher education is a
two-pronged issue, at least. This is
about quality education as much as it is an issue of labor conditions. Governor Easley of North Carolina has coined
the phrase: “Teacher working conditions
are student learning conditions.” That
is exactly right. The fu-ture of quality
higher education is at risk if current trends continue. The majority of college teaching faculty
should not be part-time instructors. <i>Of
course</i> the budget is limited. All
budgets are, that’s what a budget <i>is</i>: limits on spending and a specific
allocation of funds. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">If we value quality education, we must
necessarily value instruction, and this requires just compensation and fair
treatment. Students are not well-served with a perpetual over-reliance on
part-time, contingent faculty, faculty who are, by their very status,
undervalued and marginalized. It is not enough to say that adjuncts are
valued and appreciated; it must also be demonstrated with a living wage. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">If we are to take seriously Boise State’s
"commitment to excellence," the conditions of teaching and learning
must reflect that commitment. Students deserve better: the majority of
teachers must be able to give 100% of their professional attention to the task
of teaching courses and mentoring students.
Our adjuncts deserve better; they must be supported in doing their job
with intellectual integrity <i>and</i> to be paid a living wage. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Boise State has taken steps in the last few
years to provide adjunct faculty with necessary resources, but I ask you: where
is the Adjunct Commission now? Let’s
talk about the numbers. How bad is it? An Adjunct Instructor at Boise State teaching
a 3/3 schedule (just under full-time at .75) earns an annual salary of
approximately $17,000 with no benefits. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Adjuncts teach approximately 50% of the total course load. Those are the numbers, in brief. Compare this to the starting salary of
$36,000 for a full-time K-12 teacher in Idaho with an advanced degree, and
$38,000 for a Lecturer at Boise State teaching 4/4. If an adjunct received a similar rate of pay
(based on similar duties and similar quali</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">-<span style="color:black">fications) teaching a 3/3
schedule, they would receive approximately $28,000 annually. Still wildly low for a college instructor at
just below full-time, yet within range of relative fairness and far better than
a mere $17,000. </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Adjuncting is not intended to be a full-time
career, so says Marty Schimpf, in a 2014 <i>Boise
Weekly</i> article entitled, “Low Pay, High Education: How Adjuncts Carry Boise
State University.” For many adjuncts,
however, it is indeed just that, and this is widely known. There are many adjuncts who teach a near full
load and have done so for decades (or a full-time 4/4 schedule before the
policy change).</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">They are not doing it as a side job or while
in retirement; they desire a living wage with benefits and there are plenty of
courses to go around. </span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">If the University prides itself on how
fantastic it is that they can pull in so many professionals from the metropolis
to teach an extra course now and then (the illusory image of “the adjunct”),
well, how many adjuncts really fit this profile? And how many are trying
to scrape together a living teaching at one or multiple colleges? </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:115%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif">Adjuncts are the new cheap labor: very low
wages compared with their colleagues doing the same or similar work; and,
flexible-- hire and let go every 10-15 weeks.</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Georgia,serif"> <span style="color:black">It is, insists Schimpf, the most economical way of
expanding. </span>With adjuncts as a
faculty majority, this is shameful. <span style="color:black">The truth is, we are addicted to adjuncts, and the overuse
of their labor rises to the level of abuse.
It is time to rethink the model. </span></span></p>
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