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Hidden academics : contract faculty in Canadian universities / / Indhu Rajagopal



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Autore: Rajagopal Indhu Visualizza persona
Titolo: Hidden academics : contract faculty in Canadian universities / / Indhu Rajagopal Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2002
©2002
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (351 p.)
Disciplina: 378.1/22
Soggetto topico: College teachers, Part-time - Canada
Universities and colleges - Canada - Faculty
Part-time employment - Canada
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: 'Changing Times and Changing Mission' -- Part One: The Contract Faculty -- Part Two: Fragmented Academe -- Part Three: The Emergence of an Academic Underclass -- Appendix: Survey and Methodology -- Notes -- References -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Over the past two decades, increasing government cuts have forced universities to become dependent on full- and part-time contract faculty. This fixed dependence has reinforced the functional split in the academic labour force, a split that has taken the form not only of differences in status, compensation, career opportunities, and professional development, but also of feminization and occupational segregation.In Hidden Academics, Indhu Rajagopal examines the multiple ways contract faculty have emerged as an underclass in academia. The identity of the part-time faculty, the nature of their work, and their feelings about status in the university are explained. Central to these discussions are the feminization of part-timers, the relationship between the full-time faculty and their perceptions of part-timers, academic administrators' reasons for hiring part-timers, and the future of the university in this context.
Titolo autorizzato: Hidden academics  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4426-7573-X
1-282-02597-X
9786612025976
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456185403321
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