Ccu Survey Results Sept2010

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Question 1

Where do you teach?

School Department(s) how many classes?

Queens College Sociology 2


baruch soc/anth 2

Queensborough Community

College

WID/WAC n/a

Queens College Psychology 2

Hunter romance languages 2

CWE English 1

Hunter Theatre 1 (2 sections)

brooklyn college psychology 1


College

Social Science 2

Lehman college Sociology 2

John Jay College Sociology 2

Queens College English 6 a year

Lehman Philosophy 3School of Professional Studies Instructional Tech Fellow na

Hunter College Women and Gender Studies Program 2-3

Hunter College History 1

Queens College Secondary Education and Youth Services 2

hunter honors college 2

CCNY English 2

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Baruch College English 2

Lehman College History / American Studies 3

BCC History 4

Brooklyn College Political Science 1

CCNY English 2

CCNY English 1

SPS Communications 1Queens College Urban Studies 3

Lehman College Depts. of English, Humanities, Journalism, Black

Studies

3

Lehman English 2

College of Staten Island Drama 1-3

Hunter Film and Media 2

BMCC WAC n/a

Hunter Political Science 1-3

Hunter College History 2

York CUNY Language Immersion Program 1

Hunter School of Social Work 2

queens sociology 3

Baruch College Mathematics 2

Hostos Community College Behavioral and Social Sciences 1

BMCC English 2

Brooklyn College WAC

Queens College English 2

Queens Sociology 1

Borough of Manhattan Community

College

English 2

Queens College English 5 per year

Hunter College English 2

Baruch College Mathematics 2

John Jay Communication & Theatre Arts 1

New York City College of

Technology

Advertising Design and Graphic Arts Department 2

BMCC Social Science 1

York History 2

Brooklyn College Anthropology/Archaeology 2

Hunter Sociology 2

SPS ITYork College Sociology/WAC

Hunter Geography 2

Hunter Sociology 1

CCNY English 2

CCNY Psychology 3

Queens College Urban Studies 2


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Baruch Sociology 2

LaGuardia Community College English 2

City College History 2

BMCC, John Jay social science, Sociology 3

Hunter College Geography 1

Hunter College English Department twoBronx Community College Mathematics and Computer Science 2

Brooklyn College Sociology 1

Hunter College Geography 1

Jay Soc 4

SPS Communication

Brooklyn College History 2



Queens College Urban Studies TA 3 sections of a large 101

lecture

Brooklyn English 3

Hunter College Urban Affairs 2/semester


College

Social Science 3

Lehman College Political Science 3

Bronx Community College Mathematics and Computer Science 2

La Guardia Education / Language Aquisition 3

[not currently teaching]

CMS

BCC Communications

Bronx CC CAS

BCC CAS

Hunter College English 2

John Jay College Mathematics 3

Baruch Political Science 1


College

Math 4

Baruch English 1


Queens College EECE 2

Hunter Political Science 3 (TA)Hunter Political Science 2

School of Professional studies

City College

CSI 1

Baruch Mathematics 2

Lehman French 1-2


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CUNY Online Bacc.

CCNY English 2

QCC Social Science 2

John Jay Foreign Languages 3

City College writing fellow

Baruch History 1

CCNY Computer Science 1Brooklyn College computer science 2

BMCC social sciences 3

Hunter Ed Foundations 2

Hostos Community College Behavioral and Social Science

BMCC Science

City College

Graduate Center Political Science

John Jay Communication and Theatre Arts

City College Cog. Neuro.

Poli. Sci.Hunter

Lehman Poli. Sci.

GC History

BC SPS

English

John Jay Art and Music

Hunter

Lehman Political Science

Bronx CC English

brooklyn college sociology 1

Queens Sociology 1

Hunter Political Science 2

John Jay College sociology 1

Hunter College Computer Science 1

BMCC Social Science 1


Lehman Political Science 2

Medgar Evers College Biology 2

Baruch College

Hunter Sociology 1

Queens Sociology 1


Hunter English 2

Hunter Romance Lang 2



John Jay political science 1


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Brooklyn College Political Science 2/semester

Hunter College Political Science 2


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Fordham University

none

pace soc 1

BMCC Continuing Ed 1

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Years of service at CUNY

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946057 currently writing fellow View

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Question 6

Is your contingent job at CUNY your primary means of income?

Yes 128 84%

No 24 16%

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Question 7

Our current employment contract expires in October 2010 and soon the PSC will benegotiating a new contract on our behalf. Which of these issues, if any, would you like the

PSC to prioritize for contingent faculty? (please select all that apply)

The lack of pay parity between contingent and full-time faculty 127 31%

The lack of job security (incl. layoffs) 96 23%

Limited healthcare and other benefits 77 19%

Inadequate access to office space and professional resources 63 15%

Workload issues (class sizes office hours etc.) 52 13%

ID Are there any other issues that you think are particularly important?View

Survey826065 Better Library services to offer the staff and students View

826099 Pay Parity Must be reduced in this next contract, even if it means that full time faculty receive a

slightly smaller raise than otherwise.

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826104 I don't understand the Workload issues. I need to work MORE not less, given what I'm being

paid. I don't like there being a limit on how much I can work as a non-GTF CUNY PhD student.

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826259 They should train new teachers, I was thrown into the position and told to sink or swim. View

826373 seniority View

826431 Yes -- I am horrified that as a PSC member, otherwise qualified for the PSC health coverage, I

am disqualified for it simply due to the fact that I am ALSO a grad student. The NYSHIP

insurance is not on par with the PSC insurance, and I am pissed off that I cannot choose. Why

are we second class adjuncts if we happen to also be students?!?

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826516 more full time lines being offered View

826868 pay is prime and getting paid for all the hours we work is also a problem. dental benefits would

be great,

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827078 lack of institutional financial support to complete PhD WITHOUT being a teaching slave. View

827542 Simplified appointment procedures More reliable payroll (Just getting paid can be such an

ordeal)

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827883 Fairer distribution of higher-level courses among adjuncts (i.e., using seniority & research fields

rather than favoritism)

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830573 I prioritize job security. View

831280 Lack of pay parity View

832016 I haven't had an office yet THIS SEMESTER. I have no key and no place to meet my students. I

can only get in when someone is available to let me in.

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832460 Being treated badly by staff. View832845 big disparities in workloads between the different colleges View

832897 The limit on the number of credit hours I can teach on a single campus makes my life much

harder. It is ridiculous to force me to look for work on multiple campuses to put together

something I can live on. I blame the PSC for this BTW.

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835923 Slave wages for intellectual labor are a shame. View

837927 parity of pay across grad A fellowships. Ex. writing fellows get 30,000 a year for much less work

than other grad A's who teach or do research for 10,000 a year. Also--the issue of tuition

remission for people who have been at the GC for over 10 semesters.

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841261 #1 the neoliberalization of CUNY View

848048 Dental care. I haven't seen a dentist since 2006. View

905504 [indicated that s/he feels feels strongly about inadequate acces to computers, work space etc] View919499 no office period View

929267 Prioritized: 1) Job sec. 2) pay parity 3) healthcare/benefits 4) computers, office space Other: lack

of professional recognition, opportunities for research, path to tenure-track status

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929291 Not getting paid on-time EVERY Semester View

929334 Reasons for non-reappointment for adjuncts should be mandated in the next contract. View

929388 Pay delays, slow response to NYSHIP sign up View

929424 dental care!! View

929524 Increasing number of full-time faculty that are hired (conversion lines.) Parity for CLIP faculty. View

943461 Path to tenure for all who want it! View

1199597 contracts have no "teeth"; we can be terminated at any time; we are not guaranteed employment

yet cannot sign up for unemployment insurance; pay is horrible;

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1322635 Delays in getting payroll paperwork filed at the beginning of the semester, which lead to delays

in pay, which lead to a higher first paycheck to catch up, which leads to a bigger chunk of that

paycheck being taken for taxes.

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1323998 Job security is important, but I would trade that for better pay and continue to hold office hours in

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What sorts of organized activity in such a campaign would you personally be willing to

participate in? (check all that apply)

sending emails 106 20%

making phone class 46 9%

signing petitions 118 22%

face to face conversations with colleagues 80 15%

strategizing meetings 54 10%

public rallies 73 14%

other forms of direct actions (work stoppage teach-ins grade strikes symbolic protests) 49 9%

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826218 tabling, cultural work View

826907 don't know at this point -- honestly, by the time this becomes an issue, i hope to have left cuny

behind entirely.

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831214 STRIKE! View

832897 You name it and I'm down. View

905543 anything other than a work stoppage or anything else that hurts hard-working, tuition-paying

students. That I will NEVER do.

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919445 not sure View

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929267 [OLD] The essence is campaigning within the PSC. View

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929312 [OLD] Information Sessions View

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929424 [OLD] shut things down! View

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Question 10

What else should we know about your experience as a contingent faculty member at CUNY?


I just started and have found it mildly difficult to understand what I should know/who I should

talk to.

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The tretament of adjucnt as the "other. View

I am young so many of these issues are not salient for me. The money they give me is great

compared to other options and we recently received health care (thanks to you guys).

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It's very hard to organize adjuncts. View

I am finding that it is very difficult to ce many of the aspects of the current contract. For

example, adjuncts are supposed to be observed within the first 10 weeks of the semester.

However, this rarely happens. This puts me in an awkward situation where I must rearange

my class schedule based on the observation. Also, I am supposed to recieve 24 hours

notice. What happens if I do not recieve that notice? I am also not sure where the PSC

stands on issues like this. What recourse, if any, do I have?

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the relationship between adjuncts and their depts. vary widely. I would like to see more

consistency/leadership in depts. treating adjuncts as the valued members of the faculty theyare.

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i currently have a medical condition, but can't take care of it because I can not afford to go

without pay...if I worked in a regular company I would be able to get disability insurance. This

should be offered alongside health benefits.

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We'd appreciate clearer language regarding pay steps and responsibilities therein (some HR

departments, namely QC, rely on the vagueness of the language to deny pay rises and also

fail to distribute appointment letters).

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I'm Walter Dufresne, and I'm uppity. View

Students need to better understand how our status affects them, that we are unable to give

them the time they deserve because of all our other commitments.

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too much work, as a student and as a student-worker don't give much time for helping out at

the union, even if I would love to do it. that sucks.

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Contingent faculty should be represented in the PSC in proportion to their percentage of

total CUNY faculty. The PSC should have a full time dedicated contingent faculty organizer

on every campus.

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I am upset that I am no longer eligible for tuition reimbursement (via teaching 3 credits)

since I have been in my PhD program for over 10 semesters. In essence, I am now getting

paid less for the teaching that I do.

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As a member of CCU, I have had poor experience with other members who could care less

about who I am as an instructor, what I teach, who my students are. The talk is all politics

and nothing about what actually matters. So I quit my active involvement since no one

engaged me.

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Whenever I have gone to the PSC with a problem, such as being paid for three classroom

hours while I worked four, they've said they can't help me because there are more important

issues. I wish the union gave a shit.

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overworked underpaid exhausted View

My Graduate Assistant advisor assigns too much work! Thanks for all your work to address

our issues.

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I am quite tired of screw-ups involving my initial paychecks being delayed because someone

forgot to send in the papers in a timely matter.

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I have been an employee for 3 months and still don't have the NYSHIP I have been paying

for 3 months, no doctors.

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It's too long a story -- it's been a miserable experience. View

last year, I was an adjunct at CCNY -- no communication with department, lack of job

security

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the lack of transparency involved in job responsibilities for adjuncts View

I have a PhD, teach six courses in three boroughs, make very little money and cannot find

time to write for publication (due to teaching six classes)

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It Sucks! View

Need for grad. student support for 9/6 workload reform to improve adjunct income

opportunities

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A lot more, I am not sure. View

In my experience Baruch is better than other CUNY collleges - adjuncts are provided with

more resources.

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I have taught at several CUNY colleges and at two of these colleges with excellent

evaluations I was not rehired without a reason given.

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No GAB paycheck for first pay period, no access to health care during first month of

employment. Enrolled in NYSHIP through HR but paperwork has not been processed.

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I'm sick of delays in getting my paycheck! View

Most of my concerns are GTF related - I want mor etransparency in the assignment process

and opportunity to appeal.

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Class cancelled due to lack of enrollment. View

I am new as an adjunct, but I used to work at CLIP and I feel strongly that CLIP was really

screwed in the last contract. I left CLIP for that reason.

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I am faculty advisor (one of two) to BMCC's Student Government Association View

I have been warned by my one of my two departments that I might not have the same

opportunities to teach as an adjunct when I have my PhD and I cost more to employ.

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Would you like to join our listserv to receive announcements from CUNY Contingents Unite?

yes (please fill in your email address above) 45 41%

no 65 59%

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