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A mid-size group of adjunct professors hold white signs with the words on strike in black font outside of Columbia College

Striking adjunct faculty at Columbia College rally at 600 S. Michigan.

A mid-size group of adjunct professors hold white signs with the words on strike in black font outside of Columbia College

Striking adjunct faculty at Columbia College rally at 600 S. Michigan.

Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

Why are Columbia College adjunct faculty still on strike more than a month later?

The union says this is the longest strike of adjunct faculty in higher education history.

Striking adjunct faculty at Columbia College rally at 600 S. Michigan.
By Lynnea Domienik Max Lubbers
   

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The strike was spurred by Columbia College cutting 53 classes taught by adjunct faculty for the fall 2023 semester and 317 classes for the spring 2024 semester. The college cites under enrollment and fiscal issues which the union disputes.

Reset hears from the union and the administration.

GUESTS: Diana Vallera, photography faculty, president, Columbia College Faculty Union

Marcella David, senior vice president and provost, Columbia College

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