Rhode Island College adjunct faculty ratify 3-year agreement

by E Wayne Ross on October 18, 2009

Providence Journal: Rhode Island College adjunct faculty ratify 3-year agreement

PROVIDENCE — The union that represents part-time faculty members at Rhode Island College has ratified an agreement with the state Board of Governors for Higher Education, the union announced Friday.

The pact with the Rhode Island College/American Federation of Teachers Adjunct Faculty Union is retroactive to Sept. 1 and represents the first contract reached by adjunct faculty members at public colleges and universities in Rhode Island, the union and the college said. Adjunct faculty members are part-timers.