CTV Toronto: Profs fret that quality of Ont. education falling
TORONTO — Students at Ontario’s universities are getting short-changed when it comes to their education as their schools struggle with larger class sizes, outdated facilities and less full-time hiring, according to a new report.
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Inside Higher Ed: Adjunct Solidarity
Utah’s Weber State University is not a hotbed of adjunct activism. There is no union. Adjuncts don’t belong to the Faculty Senate; the national organizations that work with those off the tenure track had a tough time coming up with members at the university. That’s not because adjuncts aren’t important at Weber State. In fact, they teach about one third of its classes.
Albany Times-Union: RPI language programs may be at risk
College won’t confirm concerns; says students may have “opportunities”
Friday, March 6, 2009
TROY Some professors and students are worried about the fate of language instruction at RPI, which announced Thursday that it won’t renew the contracts of roughly 13 “temporary” faculty members.
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The Chronicle Review: No Tenure? No Problem.
How to make $100,000 a year as an adjunct English instructor
By DOUGLAS W. TEXTER
I recently defended my dissertation in English at a land-grant institution in the Midwest. Our department’s national reputation plunges every year as the new hires get weirder and their expertise more esoteric. Ph.D. degrees from our department, unless you’re female or a minority, don’t provide much value in the marketplace. Even if you do fit into one of those desirable categories, you’re probably screwed and headed to a $40,000-a-year job — much less if you get one of those stunningly low-paid, visiting-professor gigs.
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World University News: US: Hiring temporary academics on the rise
Writer: John Richard Schrock*
Date: 15 February 2009
Universities across America are resorting to hiring freezes in the face of budget reductions. But a dangerous attitude is developing among higher education officials nationwide who see this is as an opportunity to change the way universities permanently operate by hiring more temporary faculty to teach a course and then leave.
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