03387cam a22004934a 4500 82173 20230410124003.0 050822s2005 nyua b 001 0 eng 2005024451 (OCoLC)ocm61448099 DLC DLC BAKER C#P NBU YDXCP BTCTA IG# 1583671293 (pbk.) 9781583671290 (pbk.) 1583671307 (cloth) 9781583671306 (cloth) YDXCP 2210131 YDXCP 2210130 NZ1 10247059 AU@ 000028317544 IG# 9781583671290 (OCoLC)61448099 pcc n-us--- LB 1778.2 B534r 2005 378.12 GRAL Berry, Joe. Reclaiming the ivory tower : organizing adjuncts to change higher education / Joe Berry. New York : Monthly Review Press, c2005. xiv, 162 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-147) and index. Contingent faculty today : who we are. Corporatization : higher education in the service of capital ; A few statistics ; Good work but a bad living ; How our class position has changed ; Other big losers : students and society -- Contingent faculty organizing. Material conditions and power relations ; Consciousness : how our colleagues think ; Our full-time tenured and tenure track colleagues ; Administrators' perspectives and vulnerabilities ; Who are the activists ; The message : respect ; Specific demands ; Competitive unionism : good, bad, or indifferent for contingent faculty ; The politics of lists ; Appointment to union staff : promotion or demotion and for whom? ; Reverse engineering a good union : participant action research ; Guide for a national strategy -- The Chicago experience. Map of the Metro Chicago workforce ; Organizers' voices ; Lessons from interviews -- A metro organizing strategy. Research ; A contingent faculty center : virtual and actual ; Services ; Assistance for organizing ; Regional publicity ; Direct demands and advocacy ; Alliances, coalitions, and solidarity ; Alternatives in sponsorship and organizational structure -- Getting down to work : an organizer's toolbox. Even two make a committee ; Building a committee : finding people and developing issues ; Building relationships : taking care of each other ; Acting like a union ; Dealing with divisions ; Communications : from office whispers to the Internet ; Analyzing the opposition : power, politics, and strategic planning ; Some institutional advantages we have ; We are not alone : finding allies. College teachers, Part-time United States. Universities and colleges United States Faculty. Profesores universitarios. Universidades y colegios Estados Unidos Facultad. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005024451.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0730/2005024451-d.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0734/2005024451-b.html Baker & Taylor BKTY 39.00 39.00 1583671307 0006477155 active lcc bk mfcruz C0 DRFGD 69167 69167 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 LB 1778.2 B534r 2005 00000075417 2018-10-25 00:00:00 2018-10-25 bk