Higher Education Faculty Leaders Denounce Plan to Replace Career Professors with Part-timers.
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NYSUT ALB
p110891148 1A1LEST
01 UG ALBANY NY WAY 23 1982
GcS IGCBNYA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: NUALA DRESCHER (518) 458-79 352 383-2276
LOU STOLLAR (212) 760-7690
IRWIN POLI SHOOK (212) 354-1252
HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTY LEADERS DENOUNCE PLAN
TO REPLACE CAREER PROFESSORS WITH PART- TIMERS
CALBANYs NY ~ MAY 28> 193225 ==5 THE PRESIDENTS OF THREE FACULTY
UNIONS TO DAY DENOUNCED, A PROPOSAL BY EDUCATION COMMISSIONER GORDON
AMBACH WHICH WOULD ALLOW COLLEGES AND UN 1 VERSITIES TO USE PART- TIME
TEACHERS AS THE 4AJOR PART OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL STAFFS-s THE COMAIS-
SIONER HAS PROPOSED THAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS REJOVE THE REQUIRE1 ENT (
THAT pO ST- SECON DARY INSTITUTIONS IN NEW YORK AAINTAIN A MAJORITY OF
FULL- TIME FACULTY IN THEIR VARIOUS DIVISIONS»
IN A JOINT STATEMENT» PRESIDENT NUALA DRESCHER OF THE UNI TED
UNL VERSI TY PROFESSION S- PRESIDENT IRWIN He POLI SHOOK OF CUNY “’S
PROFESSIONAL STAFF CON GRESS» AND PRESIDENT LOU STOLLAR OF FASHION
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY» REPRESENTING TWO-YEAR AND COMMUNI TY
COLLEGES» TODAY SAID THEY WERE SHOCKED THAT THE STATE’S EDUCATION
LESS THAN 50 PERCENT CAREER FACULTY AEABERS* SUCH A SYSTEM, THEY
SAI De wO ULD CLEARLY UJ DERAINE THE QUALITY OF ALL NEW YORK ’S HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTION Ss BO TH PUBLIC AND PRI VATE-s THEIR JOINT STATE-
MENT FOLLOWS:
“WE ARE SHO CKED THAT THE COMALSSIONER OF EDUCATION 1S ASKING FOR
A REDUCTION IN THE NUABER OF CAREER FACULTY MEA BERS WHI CH COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES ARE NOW REQUIRED TO HAVE- WHILE PART- TIME FACULTY
AEMBERS ARE A VALUABLE PART OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND MAKE A GREAT
CONTRIBUTION TO THE COLLEGE PROGRA4S- Lt25 EDUCATIONALLY UN SO UN D
TO SUGGEST THAT THE LARGEST PART OF ANY FACULTY SHOULD BE couPoSED
OF AEABERS WHOSE PRIMARY OCCUPATION AAY BE OFF-CA1PUS-
“YE DEIAID THAT COMMISSIONER AABACH WI THDRAW THIS E1BARRASSING
PROPO SAL* THERE 1S A4PLE FLEXIBILITY IN THE PRESENT REGULATIONS TO
' ALLOW EXCEPTIONS IN ANY REQUI RED SITUATION:
sa i UO Fae SHOTGUN APPROACHs INVOLVING EVERY INSTITUTION IN THE STATE ~
CAN °T pag SSIBLY BE BASED ON ANY DEON STRATED JEEDs OR ON ANY EDUCA~
TIONAL PRINCIPLE: THE HUJ DREDS OF THOUSANDS OF COLLEGE AND UNI VER-
SITY STUDENTS Iw THIS STATE HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPECT THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATLON TO ENFORCE STAN DARDS» THIS IS A DRASTIC REDUCTION IN WHAT
PEOPLE HAVE COME TO EXPECT IN THIS STATE’S HIGHER EDUCATION CRITERIA-
“Wwe CALL UPON EDUCATORS EVERY WHERE TO REJECT THIS p00 RLY- THO UGHT~
OUT pROPO SAL BY THE COMMISSION ERs AND JOIN WITH US IN DEMAN DING ITS
WL THDRAWAL: ”
THE THREE PRESIDENTS ARE UEABERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE UNI TED
TEACHER SWHOSE 250.008 MEABERS? THEY SAID» ARE IN SUPPORT OF THEIR
POSLTION®
p110891148 1A1LEST
01 UG ALBANY NY WAY 23 1982
GcS IGCBNYA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: NUALA DRESCHER (518) 458-79 352 383-2276
LOU STOLLAR (212) 760-7690
IRWIN POLI SHOOK (212) 354-1252
HIGHER EDUCATION FACULTY LEADERS DENOUNCE PLAN
TO REPLACE CAREER PROFESSORS WITH PART- TIMERS
CALBANYs NY ~ MAY 28> 193225 ==5 THE PRESIDENTS OF THREE FACULTY
UNIONS TO DAY DENOUNCED, A PROPOSAL BY EDUCATION COMMISSIONER GORDON
AMBACH WHICH WOULD ALLOW COLLEGES AND UN 1 VERSITIES TO USE PART- TIME
TEACHERS AS THE 4AJOR PART OF THEIR EDUCATIONAL STAFFS-s THE COMAIS-
SIONER HAS PROPOSED THAT THE BOARD OF REGENTS REJOVE THE REQUIRE1 ENT (
THAT pO ST- SECON DARY INSTITUTIONS IN NEW YORK AAINTAIN A MAJORITY OF
FULL- TIME FACULTY IN THEIR VARIOUS DIVISIONS»
IN A JOINT STATEMENT» PRESIDENT NUALA DRESCHER OF THE UNI TED
UNL VERSI TY PROFESSION S- PRESIDENT IRWIN He POLI SHOOK OF CUNY “’S
PROFESSIONAL STAFF CON GRESS» AND PRESIDENT LOU STOLLAR OF FASHION
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY» REPRESENTING TWO-YEAR AND COMMUNI TY
COLLEGES» TODAY SAID THEY WERE SHOCKED THAT THE STATE’S EDUCATION
LESS THAN 50 PERCENT CAREER FACULTY AEABERS* SUCH A SYSTEM, THEY
SAI De wO ULD CLEARLY UJ DERAINE THE QUALITY OF ALL NEW YORK ’S HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTION Ss BO TH PUBLIC AND PRI VATE-s THEIR JOINT STATE-
MENT FOLLOWS:
“WE ARE SHO CKED THAT THE COMALSSIONER OF EDUCATION 1S ASKING FOR
A REDUCTION IN THE NUABER OF CAREER FACULTY MEA BERS WHI CH COLLEGES
AND UNIVERSITIES ARE NOW REQUIRED TO HAVE- WHILE PART- TIME FACULTY
AEMBERS ARE A VALUABLE PART OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND MAKE A GREAT
CONTRIBUTION TO THE COLLEGE PROGRA4S- Lt25 EDUCATIONALLY UN SO UN D
TO SUGGEST THAT THE LARGEST PART OF ANY FACULTY SHOULD BE couPoSED
OF AEABERS WHOSE PRIMARY OCCUPATION AAY BE OFF-CA1PUS-
“YE DEIAID THAT COMMISSIONER AABACH WI THDRAW THIS E1BARRASSING
PROPO SAL* THERE 1S A4PLE FLEXIBILITY IN THE PRESENT REGULATIONS TO
' ALLOW EXCEPTIONS IN ANY REQUI RED SITUATION:
sa i UO Fae SHOTGUN APPROACHs INVOLVING EVERY INSTITUTION IN THE STATE ~
CAN °T pag SSIBLY BE BASED ON ANY DEON STRATED JEEDs OR ON ANY EDUCA~
TIONAL PRINCIPLE: THE HUJ DREDS OF THOUSANDS OF COLLEGE AND UNI VER-
SITY STUDENTS Iw THIS STATE HAVE A RIGHT TO EXPECT THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATLON TO ENFORCE STAN DARDS» THIS IS A DRASTIC REDUCTION IN WHAT
PEOPLE HAVE COME TO EXPECT IN THIS STATE’S HIGHER EDUCATION CRITERIA-
“Wwe CALL UPON EDUCATORS EVERY WHERE TO REJECT THIS p00 RLY- THO UGHT~
OUT pROPO SAL BY THE COMMISSION ERs AND JOIN WITH US IN DEMAN DING ITS
WL THDRAWAL: ”
THE THREE PRESIDENTS ARE UEABERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE UNI TED
TEACHER SWHOSE 250.008 MEABERS? THEY SAID» ARE IN SUPPORT OF THEIR
POSLTION®
Title
Higher Education Faculty Leaders Denounce Plan to Replace Career Professors with Part-timers.
Description
This joint May 28, 1982 statement, signed by Nuala Drescher, Lou Stollap, and Irwin Polishook, three NYS faculty union presidents, expressed shock and denounced a proposal put forward by NYS Education Commissioner Gordon Amach, which would have allowed universities, colleges, and departments to hire more than 50 percent part-time faculty. Calling the proposal embarrassing, it claimed that it was "educationally unsound to suggest that the largest part of a faculty should be composed of members whose primary occupation may be off-campus."
Contributor
Professional Staff Congress
Creator
New York State United Teachers
Date
May 28, 1982
Language
English
Rights
Copyrighted
Source
The Tamiment Institute Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
New York State United Teachers. Letter. “Higher Education Faculty Leaders Denounce Plan to Replace Career Professors With Part-Timers.”, CUNY DIGITAL HISTORY ARCHIVE, accessed March 10, 2026, https://stephenz.tailc22a4b.ts.net/s/cdha/item/1399