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7/30/2019 FRCC Press Release 2013
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 16, 2013
Contact:Caprice Lawless, President, FRCC ChapterAmerican Association of University Professors
Ph. 720-939-3094
Adjunct faculty at Front Range Community College form multi-campus
chapter, American Association of University Professors
The Front Range Community College Chapter of the American Association of UniversityProfessors (AAUP) has been officially chartered by the powerful Washington D.C. advocacygroup, following more than a year of organizing effort across the colleges four campuses.
Since March, 2012, as campus leadership had so directed them to do, adjunct faculty atFront Range Community College (FRCC) have been working with members of the ColoradoState legislature to improve the working situation for adjunct faculty at the college. Throughtheirassociation with legislators and related figures in Colorados higher-education community,they learned of the many benefits of the AAUP.
Through the AAUP, faculty are supported by the august organizations constitution,policies on shared governance, recommendations to the IRS on health care reform in regard tothe computation of adjunct hours, and guidelines on compensation. For nearly 100 years, theAAUP has championed the American professoriate and advanced academic freedoms. Locally,the work of AAUPs Colorado Conference, through its promotion of the groundbreaking HouseBill 1144 last year, is widely recognizedby legislators as the states strongest advocate foradjunct and contingent faculty.
FRCCs new chapter is welcomed by the AAUP Colorado Conference, according to co-presidents Stephen Mumme (Colo. State Univ.) and Dean Saitta (Univ. of Denver). It providesneeded voice for a badly underrepresented segment of the Colorado professoriate and a channelfor conveying FRCCs faculty concerns to Colorados higher education policy makers, said
Mumme. Saitta concurred, adding: "We are delighted to add the FRCC chapter. The efforts byFRCC adjunct faculty to improve their working conditions translate as an improvement in theeducational environment for FRCC's students. This is courageous and exemplary work, and wecongratulate our FRCC colleagues on theiraccomplishment.
FRCC adjunct faculty earn, on average, less than half the wages of campus custodiansand dining service managers. Although they outnumber full-time faculty nearly four-to-one, andteach two-thirds of all the courses the college offers, their average wage ($15,500/annually)represents a fraction of that earned by their full-time counterparts. Furthermore, adjunct facultywork without health care, sick leave or other benefits enjoyed by professional, technical andservice staff in the community college.
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