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91_HJ0019enr HJ0019 Enrolled LRB9106560NTsbA 1 HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 19 2 WHEREAS, Part-time and nontenure-track instructors have 3 mushroomed into a source of inexpensive labor in higher 4 education; and 5 WHEREAS, A quality college or university must have a 6 corps of full-time, permanent, tenured faculty coordinating 7 the academic curriculum and teaching most of it; and 8 WHEREAS, Illinois public colleges and universities are 9 resorting to replacing tenured and tenure-track faculty 10 positions with increasing numbers of nontenure-track and 11 part-time teaching positions; and 12 WHEREAS, Courses should be taught only by highly 13 qualified people, whether full-time or part-time, tenured or 14 nontenured, who are paid a professional salary and included 15 in academic processes; and 16 WHEREAS, National studies have shown that the majority of 17 part-time faculty members teach under emphatically 18 substandard conditions; and 19 WHEREAS, Part-time and nontenure-track positions are 20 disproportionately occupied by women; and 21 WHEREAS, National professional organizations representing 22 university and community college faculty, administrators, and 23 trustees have agreed that fair compensation for part-time and 24 nontenure-track faculty should be based on commensurate 25 qualifications with tenure-track faculty, with a goal of pro 26 rata rather than per course hour rates; therefore, be it 27 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 28 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE 29 SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the Board of Higher 30 Education to review the growing dependence on part-time and HJ0019 Enrolled -2- LRB9106560NTsbA 1 nontenure-track faculty in Illinois colleges and 2 universities; and be it further 3 RESOLVED, That each public university and community 4 college governing board in the State provide a detailed 5 report, with rationale, to the Board of Higher Education by 6 November 15, 2001 regarding use and compensation of part-time 7 and nontenure-track faculty, with the Board of Higher 8 Education compiling the reports and providing them to the 9 General Assembly by December 15, 2001; and be it further 10 RESOLVED, That the Board of Higher Education, in 11 consultation with institutions and faculty organizations, 12 consider policies designed to discourage overreliance on 13 part-time and nontenure-track faculty for undergraduate 14 instruction while protecting those instructors performing 15 effectively in such positions; and be it further 16 RESOLVED, That the Board of Higher Education make 17 recommendations to the General Assembly concerning the 18 establishment of minimum salary and fringe benefits 19 provisions indexed to tenure-track faculty compensation for 20 part-time and nontenure-track faculty to ensure fair 21 employment and consistent emphasis on quality instruction at 22 all levels, from lower division through graduate instruction; 23 and be it further 24 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be delivered to 25 the Board of Higher Education for reproduction and 26 distribution to the governing boards of each of the public 27 universities and public community college districts of this 28 State.