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Faculty rights and adjunct reforms draw broad testimony; bills would expand tenure transparency and adjunct protections
Summary
Multiple bills — including S.933 (tenure procedure transparency at UMass), S.930/H.3948 (contingent faculty rights), S.934 (faculty advancement pilot), and S.940/H.1429 (adjunct bill of rights) — drew testimony on job security, pay parity, benefits and career pathways for contingent and adjunct faculty across public higher education sectors.
A coalition of faculty leaders, union representatives and adjunct instructors told the Joint Committee on Higher Education that a set of bills pending before the committee would improve fairness, academic quality and student outcomes by protecting tenure candidates, raising adjunct pay, expanding benefits and creating clear career pathways for contingent faculty.
Open‑meeting right for tenure candidates: Grant O’Reilly, an associate professor at UMass Dartmouth, testified on S.933, an act relative to the rights of faculty members at the University of Massachusetts. The bill would give faculty under consideration for tenure the right to attend the UMass Board of Trustees meeting where their case is considered and to speak on their own behalf. “The trustees hold an immense…
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