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Part-Time Faculty: Semantics And The Meaning Of Contingent Teaching, Margaret E. Winters Feb 2016

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 Sep 2014

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 Sep 2014

Taking The Adjunct Out Of Adjunct Faculty, Holly Lawrence

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

No abstract provided.