A Simple Spreadsheet Strikes a Nerve Among Adjuncts

Michael Stratford:

Energized by his fellow adjunct professors who had gathered for a national meeting last month in Washington, D.C., Joshua A. Boldt flew home to Athens, Ga., opened his laptop, and created a Google document.

On his personal blog, the 32-year-old writing instructor implored colleagues to contribute to the publicly editable spreadsheet, detailing their pay per course and other working conditions, noting their institutions and departments. The goal of the crowdsourcing project, Mr. Boldt said, was to praise universities that treat adjunct professors well and "out" those institutions that do not.

"Let's combine forces," he wrote. "Fill in as much information as you feel comfortable doing, and be sure to tweet this document and share it. ... "

Posted by Jim Zellmer at February 27, 2012 3:11 AM
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