The school increasingly depends on the mistreatment of a good chunk of its own faculty.
, one of the biggest walkouts in higher education history. It could involve virtually the entire teaching staff, shutting down classes at all three of the university’s campuses for more than 67,000 students.
The core issue is that the school increasingly depends on the mistreatment of a good chunk of its own faculty: part-time and untenured teachers who labor for low wages and have little, if any, job security. Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway seems to understand the need to fix this problem, which is pervasive across the country, and the school has been making some concessions in the effort to hash out new contracts. Let’s hope they get there before the strike.
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