Labor & Unionization

Cary Nelson warns that MOOCs could lead to erosion of faculty members' intellectual property rights.

NLRB official, rejecting stance of Pacific Lutheran U., says non-tenure-track faculty members have right to vote on collective bargaining.

Some adjuncts are angry over decision by CUNY faculty union to exclude them from voting on resolution about controversial curricular changes.

Wick Sloane recommends a Massachusetts union's trenchant series of reports on the foibles of higher education finance.

While some see collective bargaining as a key for those off the tenure track, others develop strategies for states that are hostile to unions or ban them at public institutions.

With two high-profile higher education cases under consideration, labor board says it will carry on as usual despite an appeals court's ruling that calls into question the legitimacy of its appointees.

AAUP's new recommendations for increasing adjuncts' role in governance include job security safeguards.