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• UAW workers assigned to help NYU part-timers organize are suing the UAW for unpaid wages and forced overtime.
• Is it even more difficult for part-time faculty to publish their scholarship and research? Yes and no.
• Welcome to the age of Universities, Inc., when knowledge is a commodity.
• Can you use a little more free time? We’ve got 20 time-saving tips for faculty who teach on-line. Read ‘em and rejoice.
• and more...

FEATURES

COVER STORY
Academic publishing. One might think the entire system has broken down. The Internet is filled with articles and Weblogs (blogs) that bemoan the fact that quality scholarship often goes unpublished. With 44,000-plus newly-minted Ph.D.s each year, many of whom invade campuses to try to climb the tenure ladder, the competition to have one’s work published is fierce. So where do part-timers fit in?

THE JOB
While New York University part-time faculty union leaders formed their UAW affiliate, they kept a secret. Three UAW workers assigned to help the NYU part-timers organize had filed suit against the UAW complaining of unpaid wages and forced overtime. This and other incidents have soured some NYU part-time faculty on the Detroit-based union. Is the UAW in danger of losing its golden egg?

NEWS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

GOING THE DISTANCE
Can you use a little more free time? We’ve got 20 time-saving tips for faculty who teach on-line. Read ‘em and rejoice.

DESK DRAWER

• The Unchanging Face of the Ivy League
• NYU Stiffs Adjuncts

REVIEWS

PAGES
Welcome to the age of Universities, Inc., when knowledge is a commodity to be packaged and marketed, professors seek only opportunities for personal financial gain, and institutions sell their brands and intellectual capital to the highest bidders. Reviews of three books that examine the relationship between capitalism and higher education.

OPINION

FIRST PERSON
Sometimes, freshmen get confused. Are they seniors in high school, or first year students in college? For the faculty member, the adjustment period can be well, knarley, Dude.

IVORY TOWER
Academic freedom has evolved into a privilege for the elite. Should the untouchables protest when a Brahmin is attacked for an off-hand comment in the classroom? A lesson in glass houses and stones.

THE LAST WORD
At the National Council of English's annual conference for compositionists, there were a handful of panels, roundtables and/or presentations regarding part-time faculty. And the majority of them were scheduled at conflicting times.