Inside Higher Ed: Rethinking Work
Given that many attendees at the Modern Language Association’s meeting, this year in Chicago, are here for job interviews, it’s no surprise that working conditions for academics are always a hot topic.
At several sessions this year, panelists sought to reframe the way some of those issues are discussed. With many new Ph.D.’s fearing that their careers may be off the tenure track, panelists considered how to draw attention to the inequities of the adjunct system and whether new models — close to tenure but decidedly not the same — should be embraced. And at other sessions, professors raised concern about whether professors on the tenure track are being hurt by the way service requirements are enforced (but not rewarded).
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