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1/4/2021
Irreplaceable: Illinois Supreme Court Says Community Colleges Can t Lay Off Faculty and Replace with Adjuncts Breaking News
In 2016, 27 tenured faculty members at John A. Logan Community College in Illinois were laid off. The following year, seven of those faculty members sued the Board of Trustees, arguing that the college replaced them with adjuncts in violation of the Illinois Public Community College Act. Last month, the Illinois Supreme Court sided with the faculty.
The decision is a rare win for tenured faculty, who have seen their power and job protections erode in recent years. Numerous institutions have laid off faculty members this year, and at some, administrators have all but stated the professors will be replaced with adjuncts, who are cheaper to employ.
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College Can t Hire Adjuncts After Tenured Layoffs: Ill. Justices
Law360 (December 17, 2020, 5:20 PM EST) The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday affirmed the revival of claims by a group of tenured faculty members at a southern Illinois community college who say the school laid them off but then unlawfully hired adjunct instructors to teach the same courses they d been teaching.
In a 5-1 decision, the state s top court held that those adjunct professors count as the kind of non-tenure faculty member or other employee with less seniority who the Public Community College Act prohibits from being named to positions within two years of a tenured faculty member s layoff.