{"id":2858,"date":"2020-05-26T20:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T20:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/?p=2858"},"modified":"2020-05-26T20:11:52","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T20:11:52","slug":"cuny-schools-plan-to-lay-off-thousands-of-adjuncts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/2020\/05\/cuny-schools-plan-to-lay-off-thousands-of-adjuncts\/","title":{"rendered":"CUNY Could Lay Off Thousands of Adjuncts"},"content":{"rendered":"

CUNY schools, including Brooklyn College, Queens College and Hunter College, are planning large-scale layoffs or have begun sending non-reappointment letters as CUNY prepares to face massive<\/span> budget cuts<\/span><\/a>. John Jay College is expected to lay off over 400 adjuncts, reducing its teaching force by about 40%.<\/span><\/p>\n

CUNY could lose<\/span> $95 million<\/span><\/a> in funding because of state cuts according to the faculty union Professional Staff Congress, or PSC. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced<\/span> $20 million<\/span><\/a> in cuts last month from delaying the CUNY ASAP program, which offers resources to students earning associate’s degrees.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hunter College adjunct professor Filipa Calado has not received an offer for the fall semester yet, even though she taught courses in the English department for a few years. It did not raise concern; she was once offered to teach a course two weeks before the semester began. She received no written communication before she was sent a non-reappointment letter. The email was two sentences long.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was kind of shocking,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t understand why there\u2019s no explanation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A full-time lecturer who taught at the school for 20 years received a similar non-reappointment letter according to Rank and File Action, the activist group formerly known as 7K or Strike. \u201cIt\u2019s starting, and it’s not just impacting adjuncts,\u201d the group posted on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We have blacked out info to preserve this person\u2019s privacy, but here is a 3-line nonreappointment letter issued to a full-time lecturer at @hunter_college<\/a> who\u2019s taught for 20 years. It\u2019s starting, and it\u2019s not just impacting adjuncts. #cutcovidnotcuny<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/VopYZbxWqo<\/a><\/p>\n

— Rank and File Action (@RanknFileAction) May 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n