Academic apartheid : waging the adjunct war / edited by Sylvia M. DeSantis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DeSantis, Sylvia M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teachers, Part-time.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (128 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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...

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

1-283-14311-9

9786613143112

1-4438-3090-9

OCLC:

816845483