Inside Higher Ed: Defining Adjunct Rights
The American Association of University Professors is best known for its statements on tenure and academic freedom. In recent years, however, the association has asserted that its principles apply to those off the tenure track, and it has adopted specific guidelines about the treatment of adjuncts.
Today, the association will for the first time cite those standards on adjuncts’ right to fair consideration for reappointment to issue a report finding an institution — North Idaho College — in violation of the AAUP standards. The case involves a long-term adjunct who was denied reappointment following the college’s clash with her husband and a controversy in which some of her comments offended conservative students. The AAUP says she was denied appropriate due process in ways that endanger academic freedom.
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