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Part-Time & Contingent Faculty Equity
 

New Faculty Majority: The National Coalition for Adjunct and Contingent Equity is a new, independent national organization for adjunct and contingent faculty in all disciplines and at any public or private university, college or community college in the US.

Our Mission Statement:

NFM is dedicated to achieving professional equity and advancing academic freedom for all adjunct and contingent faculty in American colleges and universities through advocacy, education and litigation. NFM seeks the greatest possible degree of economic justice and academic freedom for all faculty and is committed to creating equitable, stable, non-exploitative academic environments that improve the quality of American higher education.

Read "Confessions of a Tenured Professor" by NFM Board Member Peter D.G. Brown in Inside Higher Ed here. 

Read "The Adjunct's Moment of Truth" by NFM Board President Maria Maisto in Inside Higher Ed here.

Read the profile of NFM in the Chronicle of Higher Education here.

 

GOALS OF NEW FACULTY MAJORITY


 Compensation:  Equity in Compensation: Equal Pay for Equal Work
 Job Security: Equity in Job Security: Automatic Contract Renewals after Probationary Period
 Academic Freedom: Equity in Academic Freedom: Freedom from Retaliation in All Teaching and Research
 Faculty Governance: Equity in Faculty Governance - Right to Participate Equally for All Faculty Members
 Professional Advancement: Equity in Professional Advancement: Progressive Salary Steps and Equal Access to Professional Development Opportunities for All Faculty

 Benefits: Equity in Benefits: Access to the Same Health Insurance & Retirement Benefits for All
 Unemployment Insurance: Equity in Unemployment Insurance: Access to the Same Benefits as Other Employees between Jobs