Maria Maisto (@mariamaistonfm) 's Twitter Profile
Maria Maisto

@mariamaistonfm

Once and future adjunct faculty member, president of New Faculty Majority

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linkhttp://www.newfacultymajority.org calendar_today19-01-2012 17:06:00

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So proud of my daughter for supporting her professors' fight for representation and so grateful to them for their example and their phenomenal teaching #uartsunion

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Free/open exchange of ideas undermined by majority #adjunct faculty lack of access to acad freedom protections #NextAmerica @RepSusanDavis

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@RepSusanDavis Yes -- Accountability includes tough Qs abt why #highered is disinvesting in women, minority #adjunct faculty #NextAmerica

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Nontraditional students most likely to be taught by undersupported, undervalued #adjunct faculty #NextAmerica @RepSusanDavis

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CC completion discussion cannot ignore almost total dependence on #adjunct faculty by CCs. Fac wking conds = stu learning cond #NextAmerica

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Yes -- But too often those mentors/carers are #adjuncts -- esp women -- not being institutionally supported themselves. #NextAmerica x.com/lauraherring88…

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Will these higher ed leaders mention the "big issue" of dependence on contingent, precarious, #adjunct faculty? #NextAmerica

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Can't discuss problem of retention, completion, 1st gen, minority student success w/o talking abt dependence on #adjunct fac #NextAmerica

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Yes higher ed is organized around a Just-in-time faculty hiring model not appropriate for education. Majority of minority fac are contingent x.com/A2Arnett/statu…

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Rise in minority stus parallels rise in undersupported contingent faculty. Disinvestment in fac isn't support, respect 4 stus #NextAmerica

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Democracy is meaningless without an informed citizenry w/ critical thinking skills/inclination.Requires investment in #highered #nextamerica x.com/dan_greenstein…

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And yet what to make of fact that it's almost impossible to have non-contingent post grad employment as higher ed faculty? #NextAmerica x.com/GWPeterK/statu…

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Good Q re lack of fac diversity. Answer again ignores fact that college teaching not a viable career when underpaid, contingent #NextAmerica