This comic strip was inspired by State College of Florida at Manatee-Sarasota Governing Board member Carlos Beruff’s plan to have applicants for faculty positions submit, along with their application, their lowest bid for pay they will accept. Like the Academic…
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Academic Avenger No. 11: Hello Wisconsin!
This comic strip was inspired by Scott Walker’s attack on public higher education in Wisconsin Rebecca Schuman’s Slate article on The Tenure Apocalypse the fact that non-tenure track (aka contingent) faculty members make up 76.4% of the faculty at colleges…
Tagged with: adjuncts, contingency, contingent faculty, Scott Walker, tenure, tenure-track
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Academic Avenger No. 10: Solidarity
In solidarity with the National Adjunct Walkout Day on February 25. (Facebook|Twitter) Here’s a good write-up by Kate Jenkins for The Atlantic. Like the Academic Avenger on Facebook or follow him on Twitter to hear about new episodes. …
Academic Avenger No. 9: Civilidy!
Today’s adventure was inspired by the current debate about “civility” and academic freedom, including but not limited to the decision by Chancellor Phyllis Wise at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to revoke a written job offer of a tenured…
Tagged with: academic freedom, adjuncts, civility, contingency, free speech
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Academic Avenger No. 8: Temptation Island
It’s mid-August, and the Avenger is enjoying some time off on an otherwise uninhabited tropical island. Suddenly, danger surfaces from amidst the deep blue waters. Is it a shark? No – something far more sinister. Like the Academic Avenger on Facebook or…
Academic Avenger No. 7: Fast Food Worker or Adjunct?
After a hiatus during which he tended to his day job (not being able to subsist on avenging and thin air alone), the Academic Avenger is back with a special Labor Day edition. Labor Day is observed on May 1 pretty…
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Academic Avenger No. 6: Spring Break
The Academic Avenger is doing some A/B testing this week to find out what his supporters need. So there are two versions of the Avenger’s Spring Break Edition: one ends on a cheerful note (Version A) and the other on…
Tagged with: exams, grading, job interview, papers, research, Spring Break
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Academic Avenger No. 5: The Trial
Today’s adventure was brought to you by Franz Kafka’s The Trial a Slate article about an upcoming Franz Kafka video game a fine example of gallows humor in “Twelve Fixed, Eternal Commandments for Academic Job Candidates“ a blog post about a…
Academic Avenger No. 4: Supergeil feat. Avenger
Friedrich Liechtenstein‘s recent “Supergeil,” a promotional video for German supermarket chain EDEKA that’s a re-make of Liechtenstein’s year-old “Supergeil,” has been featured on BuzzFeed and received the Schuman treatment on Slate. Now that the “Supergeil” virus has run its course, it’s…
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