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Part-Time Faculty: Semantics And The Meaning Of Contingent Teaching, Margaret E. Winters
Part-Time Faculty: Semantics And The Meaning Of Contingent Teaching, Margaret E. Winters
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
The variety of titles for non-tenure-track, part-time, contingent faculty and their semantic meanings are explored. The terms are not random when looked at collectively, but rather form a pattern which is indicative of contemporary post-secondary academic employment and culture. More specifically, these titles reflect several characteristics of the faculty who bear them: among others, the fact that they are not in full-time employment, the fact that their contracts are for shorter periods of time than those of tenure-track faculty, and the fact that their contracts reflect an expectation of impermanence in employment. Also expressed in the titles are more nuanced …
Article Xxi(A), Non-Tenure Track Faculty Contract (Amherst), Holly Lawrence
Article Xxi(A), Non-Tenure Track Faculty Contract (Amherst), Holly Lawrence
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
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Taking The Adjunct Out Of Adjunct Faculty, Holly Lawrence
Taking The Adjunct Out Of Adjunct Faculty, Holly Lawrence
Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy
No abstract provided.