Off-track profs : nontenured teachers in higher education / / John G. Cross and Edie N. Goldenberg
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| Autore: |
Cross John G
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| Titolo: |
Off-track profs : nontenured teachers in higher education / / John G. Cross and Edie N. Goldenberg
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (211 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 378.1/214 |
| Soggetto topico: | College teachers - Tenure - United States |
| College teachers - Employment - United States | |
| College teachers, Part-time - Employment - United States | |
| Soggetto non controllato: | EDUCATION/Higher Education |
| Altri autori: |
GoldenbergEdie N
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| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Do we know who teaches our students? -- Setting the stage : the changing complexion of postsecondary instruction -- How are academic hiring decisions made? -- From monastery to market -- The market for non-tenure-track instruction -- The invasion of business models -- Faculty unionization : the limits of an industrial model -- Do hiring practices matter? -- From dilemmas to action. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | An investigation of non-tenure-track faculty at ten elite research universities and the implications for undergraduate education, institutional governance, and American preeminence in higher education. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Off-track profs |
| ISBN: | 1-282-24029-3 |
| 0-262-25541-3 | |
| 9786612240294 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910777916403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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