The Gig Academy : Mapping Labor in the Neoliberal University /

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"Over the past two decades, higher education employment has undergone a radical transformation with faculty becoming contingent, staff being outsourced, and postdocs and graduate students becoming a larger share of the workforce. For example, the faculty has shifted from one composed mostly of...

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Main Authors: Kezar, Adrianna J. (Author), Scott, Daniel T., 1988- (Author), DePaola, Tom, 1987- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Universities and colleges > Faculty.
Universities and colleges > Administration.
College teachers' unions.
College teachers, Part-time.
College teachers > Employment.
Universites > États-Unis > Corps enseignant.
Universities and colleges > United States > Administration.
Universities and colleges > United States > Faculty.
College teachers > Professional relationships > United States.
College teachers > Employment > United States.
College teachers, Part-time > United States.
College teachers' unions > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Putting the gig academy in context : neoliberalism and academic capitalism
  • Employees in the Gig academy : insecure, isolated, exploited, and devalued
  • Disintegrating relationships and the demise of community
  • How employment practices negatively impact student learning and outcomes
  • The growth of unions and new broad-based organizing strategies
  • Whither the struggle : future trends, policies, and actions.

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