We are amidst a great thaw, where the taboo topic of academic exploitation, once privatized and blamed on “failed” individual scholars, is being rendered unavoidable
Tag: adjuncts
A Congressman Asks for Adjuncts’ Stories, and Responses Pour In | Vitae
“This eForum is an opportunity for adjuncts and other contingent faculty to inform the Congress about what’s happening on the ground with higher education,” said
Brain Drain and Brain Gain
In a new book, “Paying the Professoriate,” to be published this month, Mr. Altbach and his co-editors examine academic salaries, contracts and benefits in publicly
[Harper’s Index] | July 2013
This months grab bag of statistics from the always wonderful Harpers Magazine: …Portion of university teaching positions that are filled by graduate students or
Meet your new professor: Transient, poorly paid
See on Scoop.it – Pahndeepah Perceptions By Barbara Raab, Senior Producer, NBC News This is the time of year many high school seniors are getting
MOOCs as capital-biased technological change
Last week my Twitter feed briefly turned into a kind of massively open online course about MOOCs, in response to this thoughtful critique by Aaron Bady
