CSAL is an interdisciplinary research center that supports scholarship, commentary, artistry and activism on contingent academic labor and the future of higher education... CSAL, the Center for the Study of Academic Labor, is an official Colorado State University research center focused on issues related to labor policy and conditions. The scholars associated with the Center carry out research, produce scholarship, and create artistric works that address the transformation of academic labor in higher education, especially the increasing reliance on contingent (non-tenure track) faculty... The teaching mission of higher education, and the system of academic labor that puts it into practice, are under threat from escalating tuition costs, competition from on-line alternatives, shrinking state support for higher education, and administrative spending priorities. CSAL seeks to build a multidisciplinary network of scholars who have particular interests in the dramatic growth of contingent..