This survey is more for the non KICNY teachers who visit this site. Though I suppose you could fill it out if you want to.
Hello Teachers --
Adjunct and contingent faculty work hard to help students succeed. You go the extra mile, often putting in long hours to prepare for classes or mentor students. You know how demanding your jobs are - but state and federal laws protecting employees are often based on faulty assumptions about the academic workforce that systematically underestimate the long hours contingent faculty work to earn their compensation.
These faulty assumptions have serious consequences for contingent faculty. For example, coverage under the Family and Medical Leave Act and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program depends on the number of hours worked. Even salaried professional employees like adjuncts may have rights under certain wage and hour laws if they work long hours for low pay. And some employers are exploiting adjunct faculty, requiring them to work for little or no pay with few legal consequences.
That's why we need to investigate faculty working conditions and advocate for improvements.
Help tell the full story of what's happening in academic labor by documenting and analyzing just how much work you are doing, and reporting when you are doing it for free.
Take this survey because the answers matter.
The data will be aggregated and used to support national and state policy initiatives to improve eligibility rules for certain benefit programs and to increase accountability for employers who are exploiting their faculty.
After completing the survey, you may be invited to take part in a confidential study to further explore adjunct working conditions and to do a follow-up interview. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our research coordinator Erica Rafford-Noyes at erica.rafford-noyes@seiu.org.
Once again, here's the link to the survey: http://action.seiu.org/page/
Best regards,
Malini Cadambi Daniel
Campaign Director, Adjunct Action
