General Membership Meeting February 22, 2012 -- The faculty empowering a subcommittee to develop a resolution against a 33% increase in class size.
Committee Member Dr. Ann Grafstein and Chapter President Dr. Dennis Mazzocco react to the overwhelming positive vote.
Hofstra-AAUP 2011 Collective Bargaining Team -- From left to right: Top Row: Taylor Fontes (Administrative Coordinator), Patricia Navarra (HCLAS), Richard Pioreck (HCLAS), Dr. Dennis Mazzocco (Com), Dr. Conrad Herold (HCLAS), Phil Katzman (Com), Dr. A. Sinan Cebenoyan (Bus) Bottom Row: Beth Margolis Esq., Dr. Maheesh Chandra (Bus), Dr. Anne Grafstein (Library)
Strike Authorization Vote -- Chapter President Dr. Dennis Mazzocco preparing the membership to cast their strike authorization vote.
Day of Dialogue IX: State of the Unions -- From left to right.: Dennis Romano (Local 1102, RWDSU and UCFW), Dr. Sharryn Kasmir (Professor, Anthropology), Dominick Marrocco (Local 282, International Brotherhood of Teamsters), Gloria Hoovert (Local 153, OPEIU), Dr. Dennis Mazzocco (Chapter President, Hofstra-AAUP), Billie Lee Whelan (Local 550, International Brotherhood of Teamsters)From the Union Blog
May 17, 2013
Inside HigherEd reports today that 3 of the 10 top-tier institutions that agreed to join a consortium of for-credit online courses provided by a company called 2U, have backed out. Unlike MOOC’s (Massive Open Online Courses), which are cheap (or …
Our thoughts and prayers are with all of our students and their families, especially the Class of 2013. Our deepest condolences to the family, friends, and professors of the student whom we lost this morning. Even with our broken hearts, …
May 6, 2013
Embattled President of St. John’s U. Will Retire
The Chronicle reported on Friday that Rev. Donald J. Harrington, president of St. John’s University, announced in an email last wee that he will resign effective July 31st after 24 years as president of the university. The resignation comes on …
May 2, 2013
Why Professors at San Jose State Won’t Use a Harvard Professor’s MOOC
A group of philosophy professors at San Jose State University are voicing their adamant opposition to a MOOC developed by a Harvard professor under the brand edX. Their fear is one that of many professors across the country that have …
CEO-To-Worker Pay Ratio Ballooned 1,000 Percent Since 1950: Report
The Huffington Post reported yesterday that, according to data from Bloomberg, the average CEO makes up to 400 times more than the a regular worker, representing a wage gap increase of 1,000 percent since 1950. Noted in the report …
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May 19, 2013
Adjuncts May Be Shut Out of Obama’s Speech at Morehouse College
President Obama is scheduled to deliver the commencement speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta today. He is the first sitting president to deliver a...
May 10, 2013
Counting, Not Curtailing, Adjuncts’ Work
In a commentary piece written for The Chronicle today, Kenneth H. Ryesky, an adjunct assistant professor at CUNY Queens and former IRS lawyer, reports...
May 6, 2013
Georgetown U. Adjuncts Vote to Unionize
On Friday, The Chronicle reported that Georgetown University has joined American University and George Washington University in unionizing its part-time faculty members. 70% of...
