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Contingency In Higher Education: Evidence And Explanation, Steven Shulman Oct 2017

Contingency In Higher Education: Evidence And Explanation, Steven Shulman

Academic Labor: Research and Artistry

This paper summarizes recent evidence on the trends in contingency in higher education. Contingent faculty employment, defined as the sum of full-time non-tenure track faculty employment and part-time faculty employment, increased both absolutely and relative to all faculty positions between 2002 and 2015, despite a modest downturn after 2011. The long-term growth of contingency since 2002 has primarily occurred in doctoral degree universities. The short-term decline in contingency since 2011 has primarily occurred in public associates’ degree colleges and in private for-profit colleges. The short-term decline in contingency since 2011 is due to the contraction of the for-profit sector combined …


Lumber Firms In Humboldt County Violate Anti-Trust Laws, Eureka Communist Party Jan 1950

Lumber Firms In Humboldt County Violate Anti-Trust Laws, Eureka Communist Party

Ina and Noel Harris Collection

Pamphlet issued by Eureka Communist Party detailing violation of anti-trust laws by major lumber firms from Humboldt County. Detailing impact of lawbreaking and efforts by Communist Party to combat.

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