Off-Track Profs : Nontenured Teachers in Higher Education.
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- 9780262255417
- LB2335.7.C76 2009
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Do We Know Who Teaches Our Students? -- 2 Setting the Stage -- 3 How Are Academic Hiring Decisions Made? -- 4 From Monastery to Market -- 5 The Market for Non-Tenure-TrackInstruction -- 6 The Invasion of the Business Models -- 7 Faculty Unionization -- 8 Do Hiring Practices Matter? -- 9 From Dilemmas to Action -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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