January 9, 2025
newsletter overview
Know Your Contract: Course Cancellations
December 15th Request to Teach Letter:
Grace Period Ends January 12Adjunct Technology Fund
Adjunct Professional Development Fund
Upcoming Events and Important Dates
know your contract:
course cancellations
Q: My course is not showing up on Albert. Was it cancelled? If so, what can I do?
A: If your course was cancelled, you should have received a notification from your department chair or director. This letter should indicate whether you will receive course load reduction pay.
Be sure to email your department chair or director indicating that you accept the course load reduction pay within 30 days of receiving your appointment letter for Winter 2026, or Spring 2026 semesters.
Q: I have not received an appointment letter yet? Does that mean that my course will be cancelled?
A: Not necessarily. If you do not have reappointment rights, the department has until 14 days prior to the start of the semester to provide you with a reappointment. If you are supposed to be teaching this spring and you have not received a reappointment letter, you should reach out to your department to inquire about it.
Q: My course has been cancelled. Will I receive course reduction pay? If so, when?
A: Whether or not you will receive course reduction pay depends on the reason your course was cancelled. If you have reappointment rights and your course was cancelled for a reason other than insufficiency of registration or curriculum change, you should receive a payment by September 1, 2026 or no more than 60 days after the course cancellation.
If you have reappointment rights and your course was cancelled due to insufficiency of registration, the university has two years to provide you a replacement course. A replacement course means that the department must meet your regular baseload from this year, minus the cancelled course, and assign you an additional course to make up for the cancellation. For example, if you have reappointment rights to three courses and one is cancelled, you should be assigned to at least two courses the next year, plus a third course at some point before Fall 2028 as the “replacement.”
If you have had prior good performance for three semesters and your fourth semester is cancelled due to insufficiency of enrollment this would jeopardize your reappointment rights. The contract protects your rights through a provision that states that you “may obtain the qualifying fourth semester appointment if appointed to an eligible adjunct or part-time faculty position during the subsequent academic year.”
Follow this link for more information about course cancellations across the university and by school.
Upcoming Member Town Hall: Course Cancellations
If you would like to connect with your rep team and fellow members regarding this topic, there will be an NYU Adjuncts Union Member Town Hall on Thursday January 22, from 5:00-6:30pm.
The member town hall offers members a safe, inclusive space to be heard, seen, valued, and activated. The topic for this town hall is course cancellations. Currently, our members are experiencing class cancellations in large numbers and at great costs to their finances, their job security, and their health insurance. The purpose of this meeting is to hear from members like you about what they're experiencing and discuss opportunities to respond collectively to these cuts.
This meeting is hybrid.
Monday
January 12
grace period ends to submit your Request to Teach Letter
TAKE NOTE and DO THIS NOW!
For those who qualify, it is time to submit your Request for Reappointment letter (also known as the Request to Teach letter).
This letter requires the department to provide you with a reappointment letter by May 21, 2026 (or March 21, 2027, for Summer 2027) that lays out your Fall, Winter, and Spring Academic Year 2026-2027 appointments.
You acquire or maintain reappointment rights if you taught at least one course in the same department in any two semesters in 2025-2026 and 2024-2025 or one course in the same department in one semester for each of the prior four academic years.
- If you are unsure whether you qualify, send the letter anyway.
- If your director or chairperson told you you don’t need to send it, send it anyway.
- Send a separate letter to every department, division, or school you taught at in 2025-2026.
- If your qualifying semester is in Spring or Summer 2026, send the letter.
Always send a letter!
How to Send Your Request to Teach Letter
Use this template when composing your letter.
Send the letter to the person who communicates with you about your courses, and/or the chair of your department(s)
You must submit a letter for each department where you teach.
Click here for more information.
The letter is due December 15, 2025 (with a ten-business-day grace period), but there is no reason not to submit it immediately.
IMPORTANT: Please keep a copy of your letter and the recognition of receipt from your department so that you have a record in case there is any dispute with the administration down the road.
As one of the union’s wins during the last bargaining session, NYU is giving adjuncts money for the purchase of teaching-related technological equipment. This is an excellent opportunity to upgrade or revamp the technology you use for teaching!
We will begin accepting applications on Tuesday, January 13th. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. They are subject to review and approval from the university. The maximum amount that an applicant can request is $500. Applications will not be accepted or processed prior to January 13th.
You can find a description and an application form here. Please send your applications to techfund7902@gmail.com. Applications should be dated January 20th or later.
Note:
To qualify for the grant you must be a member of the bargaining unit in Academic Year 2025-2026. This means that you must teach at least 40 contact hours in the current academic year or provide at least 75 hours of individualized instruction or tutoring in a semester within the current academic year. Additionally, you must have an appointment for the spring or summer semester in which the tech will be used.
In the subject line, please write “Tech Fund Application” followed by your last name and first name. (eg: Tech Fund Application - Doe, Jane)
Your N# can be found on the back of your NYU ID card.
In explaining how the technology is teaching-related on the application form, please relate it as closely as possible to your NYU appointments.
Be sure that the total expense and amount requested sections are both filled out. The amount requested should not exceed $500.
Remember to sign your application document in the appropriate spot. Also, if submitting before the start of the spring semester, be sure to date your application January 20, 2025.
The fund will not last forever! Apply while you can!
For more than a year, our siblings in Contract Faculty United (CFU-UAW)—the union of full-time continuing contract faculty at NYU—have been trying to bargain their first contract with university management. Next week, CFU will hold a strike authorization vote. If a two-thirds majority of CFU members vote in the affirmative, then CFU's bargaining committee will be authorized to call a strike in order to expedite an agreement with management.
NYU Adjunct Faculty in ACT-UAW Local 7902 stand unwaveringly in solidarity with CFU. While our contract does not allow us to go on strike if they do, it is vital that, as workers and as fellow NYU faculty, we stand together.
If there is a strike, here are basic things that all of us can do to support CFU:
If there is a strike, do not cross picket lines. While adjunct faculty would not be going on strike in the event that contract faculty do, we can show solidarity by not crossing picket lines. (Further guidance will be provided in the event of a CFU strike.)
If there is a strike, do not scab. “Scabbing” is the practice of replacing workers who are out on strike, undercutting the striking workers’ leverage. In the event that management seeks to replace striking contract faculty temporarily with adjunct faculty, Local 7902 members are solemnly and strongly urged not to scab. There is nothing more damaging that we can do to our fellow workers than scabbing. If you are contacted with a request to cover struck work, you have the right to decline and can do so simply and politely (“I’m not available to do that work”).
Workers’ labor is our leverage. Withholding labor—going on strike—is the single most effective means that workers have of winning strong contracts. We were able to win the strong contract that we currently have because 95% of our members voted to authorize a strike. Now we stand with CFU members in their fight for a contract that ensures that their members have the pay, benefits, rights, and protections that they need and deserve.
Monday
Jan. 12
Grace Period Ends to Submit Your Request to Teach Letter
tuesday
jan. 13
Applications Open for Adjunct Technology Fund
tuesday
jan. 20
9am Applications Open for Adjunct Professional Development Fund
tuesday
Jan. 20
As part of this effort, the University is requiring all faculty, administrators, professional researchers, and staff to complete a 15-minute online active threat preparedness training by Tuesday, January 20, 2026. Adjuncts will be compensated for completing this training.
Mandatory Online Active Threat Preparedness Training Due
thursday
jan. 22
NYU Adjuncts Union Member Town Hall: Course Cancellations
5:00-6:30 pm (Hybrid)
The member town hall offers members a safe, inclusive space to be heard, seen, valued, and activated. The topic for this town hall is course cancellations. Currently, our members are experiencing class cancellations in large numbers and at great costs to their finances, their job security, and their health insurance. The purpose of this meeting is to hear from members like you about what they're experiencing and discuss opportunities to respond collectively to these cuts. This meeting is hybrid. Location for the in-person option TBA.