Print This Page Email This Page
Bullhorn_banner

Faculty In Focus: Enormous Talent And Decades of Service to GW

Malinee Peris

When Malinee Peris began teaching part-time at GWU, the music department had five full- and part-time members and was housed in a small row house several blocks from its present location in the basement of Phillips Hall.  The George Washington University had about 40% fewer students, the internet was decades away, and  Richard Nixon was President.  The year was 1970.

» Read more

GW FAQ: Your Union, Your Membership

FAQ

This month we focus on union membership.  Read on for all you ever wanted to know about how important it is!

» Read more

In The Union There Is Strength

Chester Hartman

That old saw still rings true. We part-timers at GWU succeeded in forming a union – the start of a regional (Montgomery College has now organized as well and is currently in contract negotiations) and nation-wide movement to protect the rights of non-tenured faculty.

» Read more

Did you know?

Did you know

GW incoming undergraduate tuition is the most expensive in the US, topping $50,000 in tuition, fees and mandatory costs. A year at GW now costs more than the US national median household income.

» Read more

Become a Union Member Today!

Membership Card Simply download a membership card, fill it out and mail it back to Local 500.  It's the most important thing you can do to support the cause of part-time faculty at GW and across the region.

Further Readings

Marc Bousquet, a major figure in the academic labor movement, exposes the seamy underbelly of higher education -- a world where faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates work long hours for fast-food wages. Assessing the costs of higher education's corporatization on faculty and students at every level, How the University Works is urgent reading for anyone interested in the fate of the university.

» Buy the book