CUNY Administration Declares War On Rebel English Department

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3. Since faculty are contracted to teach a specific # of credit hours ...

this means faculty will now have to teach more classes, while students will have to sign up for more classes, thus increasing the teaching load still further.

It's all about squeezing the greatest amount of work out of faculty, rather than paying for more faculty.

Firing all the adjunct faculty will mean their courses must still be taught, so regular faculty will have to take on extra teaching loads beyond their usual contracted hours. The admins want to make sure faculty know they are being punished "pour encourager les autres".