Here's a hard-hitting (it's about time) MSNBC story about adjunct pay and working conditions.
http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/the-tenure-track-professors-face-low-pay
Howard Smead
Editor, H-Adjunct
H-Adjunct is an open, inter-disciplinary forum for issues involving adjunct, part-time and temporary faculty at universities, colleges and community colleges. All faculty members, no matter their status, and all interested persons are encouraged to join and contribute.
Here are links to other sites addressing Adjunct and Contingent faculty issues:
Facebook Groups: OAH CPACE. (Organization of American Historians, Committee on Part-time Adjunct and Contingent Employment)
The Adjunct Commuter Weekly An online magazine for Adjuncts
COCAL (Coalition of Contingent Academic Labor)
The Adjunct Project (Compare your salary to those listed here)
Coaliton on the Academic Workforce (CAW)
CAW's Portrait of Part-Time Faculty Members
Process A Blog by the Organization of American Historians often on issues relevant to Adjunct Faculty.
hroniclevitae.com/news/184-a-congressman-asks-for-adjuncts-stories-and-responses-pour-in
It’s only been a week since Rep. George Miller launched an online forum for contingent faculty members to share stories of their work conditions. But the California Congressman’s inbox is quickly filling.
As of Monday, the electronic forum had received about 200 submissions, said Brian Levin, Miller’s deputy press secretary and new media coordinator. And more are rolling in.
“This eForum is an opportunity for adjuncts and other contingent faculty to inform the Congress about what’s happening on the ground