Dive Brief:

• Adjunct faculty members at Bentley University have voted against forming a union.
• The 100-to-98 vote deals a setback to efforts by the Service Employees International Union to organize adjunct instructors in the Boston area.
• Adjuncts at Tufts University have voted to unionize and an effort to organize Northeastern University adjuncts is underway.

Dive Insight:

The union calculates that well over 40% of faculty at private nonprofit colleges and universities in the Boston area are part time and calls it "outsourcing." At some campuses, the percentage is higher: Part-time instructors make up more than 50% of faculty at Northeastern.