PSCcuny

OFFICERS
Irwin H. Polishook
President

Richard J. Boris
First Vice President

Shirley Beheehti
Secretary

Jo-Ann Graham
Treasurer

Jane Davenport
Carios L. Hargraves
Joyce B. Siler
Bernard Sohmer

* Mohamed M. Yousef
University-wide Officers
Ruth Friez
Vice President
Senior Colleges
Joyce E. Barrett
Phyilis Gold Gluck
Louis Massa
Senior College Officers
Katherine Stabile
Vice President
Community Colleges
Avis Anderson
Norah Chace
Richard Choriey
Community College Officers
Peter |. Hoberman
Vice President
Cross Campus Unis
Steven Trimboli
Stuart Zuckerberg
Cross Campus Officers

Susan B. Prager

Vice President

Part-Time Personnel
israel Kugler

Deputy President Emeritus
Harold Wilson

Vice President Emeritus
Cross Campus Units

STAFF

Frank R. Annunziato
Executive Director
Debra L. Bergen
Director, Contract
Administration &
University-wide
Grievance Counselor
Sheri Nevis
Coordinator,
Administrative Services
Diana Roeato
Coordinator,
Membership Department
D. Nicholas Russo
Director, Legal Alfairs
Carol Sims

Associate Director,
Communications
Clarissa Gilbert Weiss
Director, Pension

and Welfare Benetits

Professional Staff Congress / City University of New Yor:
25 West 43rd Street New York, New York 10036 212/354-1252 Fax 212/302-781

October 14, 1998

TO: PSC Chapter Chairpersons
FROM: Irwin H. Polishook diy
RE: Adjunct Office Hours

As you may recall in the past negotiations the union strongly
endorsed payment to adjunct faculty for office hours in
addition to their contractual salaries for instruction. The PSC
position recognized the academic value of outside the
classroom counseling and contacts with students as well as
the equity of fully compensating adjuncts for their
professional service to the university programs. In the
absence of a contractual right to office hour compensation,
there is no prohibition on specific college arrangements which
provide compensation to adjuncts when it serves to enhance
academic programs on individual campuses.

There is no reason why each school could not choose to pay
adjuncts for regularly scheduled office hours. If there is
interest on your campus to do this, please inform the PSC

immediately.

Absent any practice which pays adjuncts for office hours, the
scheduling of office hours remains voluntary for part-time
faculty members. Adjuncts should not be compelled to
conduct office hours, if they do not desire to do so. | ask you
to advise our colleagues accordingly.

Opeiu #153

American Association of University Professors
American Federation of Teachers Local 2334 - New York State AFL-CIO
New York State United Teachers * New York Central Labor Council