March 31, 2008

Faculty Groups' Joint Conference Focuses on Pay Issues and Diversity

By Audrey Williams June

Washington

At the joint higher-education conference of the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers here over the weekend, about 750 people gathered to talk about the bread-and-butter issues of both unions: job security and equal pay for adjuncts, academic freedom, tenure, and collective bargaining.

But the agenda for the meeting, which ended on Sunday, also reflected a sharpened emphasis on the role unions can play in promoting diversity among faculty and staff

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