Off-track profs : nontenured teachers in higher education /

An investigation of non-tenure-track faculty at ten elite research universities and the implications for undergraduate education, institutional governance, and American preeminence in higher education.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cross, John G.
Otros Autores: Goldenberg, Edie N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Temas:
College teachers > Tenure > United States.
College teachers > Employment > United States.
College teachers, Part-time > Employment > United States.
Professeurs (Enseignement supérieur) > Permanence > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > Higher.
College teachers > Employment
College teachers, Part-time > Employment
College teachers > Tenure
United States
EDUCATION/Higher Education
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Do we know who teaches our students?
  • Setting the stage : the changing complexion of postsecondary instruction
  • How are academic hiring decisions made?
  • From monastery to market
  • The market for non-tenure-track instruction
  • The invasion of business models
  • Faculty unionization : the limits of an industrial model
  • Do hiring practices matter?
  • From dilemmas to action.

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