By Peter Schmidt
Washington
The American Association of University Professors is considering whether to call for adjunct faculty members to be given a role, and a full vote, in nearly all shared-governance decisions.
The AAUP's subcommittee on contingent faculty and governance released its preliminary recommendations for a new statement of principles concerning adjunct faculty at a lunch session here Saturday during the association's fall conference on shared governance.
Among other ideas, the subcommittee said faculty senates and committees, and their leadership positions, generally should be open to any academic employees who do the work of faculty members, including adjuncts and librarians who participate in teaching and research. All faculty members, regardless of job status, should have a full vote in elections to such governing bodies....