She has a Ph.D., and, like many other lecturers, takes issue with the suggestion that the quality of education the university delivers suffers because of her employment. Wendy Sarvasy, a lecturer in the political-science department for three years, is the lecturers' representative in the faculty union. We're here, they need us. As long as the administration is saying there aren't going to be many tenure-track posts, the lecturers have to be dealt with. Dr. Sarvasy works under an annual contract, a coveted employment agreement that has become more rare here for faculty members off the tenure track.
Most lecturers work under quarterly contracts.
She also has been very involved in the political-science department, where lecturers taught 78 per cent of the students in 1995, compared with 6 percent in 1991. She attends departmental meetings and has developed three courses. Others spend so much time driving between campuses to teach enough courses to make a living that they don't have time to be involved in their departments. Philip J. Dreyfus has a Ph.D. and has lectured in the history department here for about five years and at San Francisco State University for 13 years. He splits his time between the two each week, teaching a total of about six courses a quarter.