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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788429003321

Titolo

Academic apartheid [[electronic resource] ] : waging the adjunct war / / edited by Sylvia M. DeSantis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars, 2011

ISBN

1-283-14311-9

9786613143112

1-4438-3090-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

DeSantisSylvia M

Disciplina

378.12

Soggetti

College teachers, Part-time

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; THE INCREDIBLE INVISIBLE ADJUNCT; OF IMMIGRANTS AND ADJUNCTS; MY TIME AS AN INSIDER, OUTSIDER, ADVOCATE, ADJUNCT; THE LADDER AND THE ADJUNCT; THE SUBALTERN IN ACADEMIA; STILL AFLOAT; GUEST PARKING IN THE PH.D.- ONLY ZONE; TENUOUS, NOT TENURED; TWO YEARS IN HELL; ON BEING EDUCATED ABOVE ONE'S STATION; OUT OF THE BASEMENTAND INTO CYBERSPACE; A ROOM OF ONE'S OWN; WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?; STRIKING TO WIN; PROFOUND TREACHERY; UNDERVALUED, OVERWORKED, UNDERPAID, DOWN UNDER; 'SUCKING HIND TIT'; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

In response to institutionalized oppression, professional disregard, and overt lack of agency, a silent majority speaks out. Academic Apartheid: Waging the Adjunct War responds to the pervasive "adjunct for hire" trend Other a collection of poignant international essays covering a wide depth and breadth of experience (overseas, online, small private colleges, large state institutions) while uncovering the challenges implicit Other living and working as an academic on the borders of the ivory to...