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This is a list of Website resources for adjunct faculty, as well as a search form for exploring our site. If you discover any sites that would enhance our collection, please e-mail the addresses to us.

IEA-NEA  http://www.ieanea.org/

Illinois Education Association / National Education Association

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COD-Specific

COD Faculty Association

Website of our tenured colleagues

http://personal.kwom.com/Kafkaz/ptweb/

College of DuPage Part-Time English Faculty Website

The Fisher Report

Read the controversial Fisher Report, critical of the Administration and the Board, online at COD's Website. The link above will take you directly to the area that discusses faculty issues, but you can freely move to other parts of the document from there.

College of DuPage

The home page of the COD Website

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Adjunct Organizations / Periodicals

Chicago COCAL

Chicago Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor

http://www.workplace-gsc.com/

Workplace: The Journal of Academic Labor

http://adjunctnation.com

National Adjunct Faculty Guild: National Professional Association for Adjunct, Part-Time, Full-Time Temporary & Visiting College Faculty

http://www.cgeu.org/

Coalition of Graduate Employee Unions

http://www.adjunctadvocate.com

The Adjunct Advocate, affiliated with the National Adjunct Faculty Guild. Publishes a print-based magazine as well.

http://www.workplace-gsc.com

Workplace: The Journal for Academic Labor

http://www.theaha.org/info/pt_home.html

American Historical Association - Adjunct Resources

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Adjunct Faculty Associations

http://www.harperadjuncts.org

Remember the infamous Harper Decision ? In response to a petition from adjuncts at Harper College to form a union, a group of extremist anti-union judges wrote a disgraceful decision in 1993 curtailing the rights of part-time college instructors in our state. Named after the school whose adjuncts sought the petition, the heinous Harper Decision denied basic labor rights enjoyed by all other state employees, to all college adjuncts in Illinois.

Thankfully, through massive effort on the part of many working throughout the state, this ignominious statute has been overturned and consigned to the trash heap of history. Now, adjuncts at the school that started it all, finally have their own union. We congratulate them on this historic achievement.

http://www.pfac.org

The Part-time Faculty Association at Columbia College has also been carrying on the struggle. They also voted for a union and obtained a contract. Yes, there is hope !

http://www.rafo.org

Roosevelt University Adjunct Faculty Organization. This group of adjunct faculty successfully organized their own union. The site also includes a comprehensive list of links.

http://members.aol.com/b3t2/AFA/index.htm

Oakton Community College Adjunct Faculty Association has been at the forefront of advocacy for adjuncts.

http://omega.cc.umb.edu/~cocal

Boston's Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SteerCEW

E-Mail service for Campus Equity Week in Illinois.

http://www.faccc.org

Faculty Association of California Community Colleges

http://www.faccc.org/index.htm

California Part-time Faculty Association

http://www.college.hmco.com/adjuncts

Houghton Mifflin Publishing Company's Adjuncts Area

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Education: Resources / Organizations

http://www.chronicle.com

Chronicle of Higher Education

http://www.eriche.org

ERIC: Clearinghouse on Higher Education

http://www.collegeart.org

College Art Association

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Labor: Issues / Organizations

http://www2.nea.org/he/

NEA Higher Education site

http://www.upi4100.org

University Professionals of Illinois - Local 4100, IFT, AFT, AFL-CIO

http://www.aft.org

American Federation of Teachers

http://ift-aft.org

Illinois Federation of Teachers, Illinois branch of American Federation of Teachers

http://www.nea.org

National Education Association

http://www.ieanea.org

Illinois Education Association, branch of National Education Association

http://www.aaup.org

American Association of University Professors

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Political / Government Links

SenatorDan Cronin
  Senate District: 39    Party: Republican
  District Address:
  105 East First Street
  Elmhurst, IL 60126
  Phone: 630-941-0040
  Capitol Address: 127 Capitol Building
  Phone: 217-782-8107

Senator Cronin is a co-sponsor of House Bill 1720, and he needs OUR support as well, in his current re-election battle. Let him know that he is a champion of higher education, and that adjuncts and other concerned citizens appreciate his efforts on our behalf. Spread the word among family, friends, colleagues and neighbors to vote for Senator Cronin. If you or anyone you know would like to volunteer to work for his re-election, find out how at Senator Cronin's Website.

Senator: Kirk Dillard
  Senate District: 41    Party: Republican
  District Address: Westmont Centre
  Suite 201
  1 S. Cass Ave.
  Westmont, IL 60559
  Phone: 630-969-0990

Senator Dillard has expressed concern that lots of calls of support have come from Harper College ( some 25 miles from his district ), but hardly any from College of DuPage, in his own backyard ! If WE, who are the direct beneficiaries of House Bill 1720, don't care about its passage, why should he or anyone else ? Call him, write him, thank him for being one of the co-sponsors !

Illinois Dept. of Labor

What are your rights as a worker under Illinois law ? Find out here...

Illinois HB 1720 Text and Status

Track the progress of the proposed amendment to this legislation that affects adjuncts in Illinois.

http://www.legis.state.il.us

Illinois State Legislature - General Assembly

http://www.ibhe.state.il.us

Illinois Board of Higher Education

http://www.iccb.state.il.us

Illinois Community College Board

http://www.dol.gov

U.S. Department of Labor

http://www.surs.com

SURS

http://www.house.gov/writerep/

U.S. Congress: Contact your Representative

http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm

E-Mail your U.S. Senator

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Articles on Adjunct Issues

http://www.indiana.edu/~oah/nl/adjunct1196.html

"Adjunct Faculty: A Buyer's Market" by Roark Atkinson, Organization of American Historians

http://www.aft.org/higher_ed/reports/professor/index.html

"The Vanishing Professor", American Federation of Teachers' article on adjunct faculty

Position Statements on Use of Adjunct Faculty

All manner of academic organizations are speaking to their constituents on the topic of the use of adjunct faculty in higher education. Here are a few:

http://www.aaup.org/ptconf.htm

American Association of University Professors: Statement from the Conference on the Growing Use of Part-Time and Adjunct Faculty

http://www.ade.org/ade/bulletin/N119/119019.htm

Association of Departments of English: Statement from the Conference on the Growing Use of Part-Time and Adjunct Faculty

http://www.theaha.org/info/adjunct.html

American Historical Association's statement

http://www.ams.org/membership/faculty-article.html

American Mathematical Society statement

http://www.amatyc.org/PositionPapers/Adjuncts.html

The American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges: Position Statement on the Working Conditions of Adjunct Faculty

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