Note that they buried the lede, which is that universities are quietly and systematically replacing tenure-track positions with untenured, part-time contract jobs.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/06/colleges-offer-retirement-buyouts-to-professors/487400/?utm_source=atlfb
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Meanwhile, chancellors get raises.
ReplyDeleteAdjunct professor. I know some. They get crap pay. Most do it as a second job not full time, and get paid a flat fee for the course
ReplyDeleteSo that the new employees can be blackmailed into complying with managements political views. Has been done in almost all totalitarian regimes. Welcome to Fascist America of the future.
ReplyDeleteFirst they came for....
ReplyDeleteNow intellectuals you are own your own cause nobody is left to speak for you.
Permanent employees are expensive. That's why virtually all corporations outsource to independent contractors as much as possible. The goal of colleges and universities is no longer education but profit for management. Better yet, let's move education to an online platform and replace professors with robots. After all, what is an education beyond reading a book and taking a test? That's what most of my BS, MS and professional certifications have become. Any jobs that can be automated, will be.
ReplyDeleteBefore we malign all university administrations, while some indeed are abusing the system by pursuing profit over quality, many are simply trying to stay afloat in the face of rapidly declining state subsidies. If they were funded at the same levels they were 30 years ago, I suspect we wouldn't be seeing this same shift, at least not even close to the same extent. That all said, not all tenured faculty should stick around and many adjuncts should be paid more. The question is where do we find the money? (And yes, part of the answer is to tax the wealthy more).
ReplyDeleteJust remember Martin niemollar quote. If you stay silent now you are next.
ReplyDeleteAlso the quote of American forefathers who opposed British imperialists...
We have a choice, to hang together or hang separately.
They've been shifting to adjunct professors over tenured for decades now. It's much cheaper, since you don't have to offer benefits.
ReplyDeleteCc Bryan Alexander for the range of comments that are not buried on Facebook. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThis piece is from 2016. How have things changed in the subsequent year?
ReplyDeleteThey ahven't.
ReplyDeletePublic university systems haven't had time to change. Watch your news for higher-ed union negotiations, in California and elsewhere. How the matters of retirement and tenure-to-adjunct/lecturer ratios are addressed is... well, watch your news.
ReplyDeleteYou know I do more than that.
ReplyDeleteOne recent piece suggested that adjuncts as a % might be going down, because of changes in another sector: for-profits, which are almost entirely part-timers.
Craig Froehle My daughter has her doctorate and currently teaches at Eastern Florida State College as an adjunct. She is also a full time paid employee on the college staff and receives full benefits. The number of courses varies from one to three per semester, depending on whether they make the minimum enrollment threshold. My wife, with a MA degree, retired 8 years ago from the same staff/adjunct instructor position at the same college, after 12 years. I have heard all the complaints about the abuses and employee/management conflicts and pay disparity.
ReplyDeleteIn what fields do your wife and daughter have their degrees, if I might ask?
ReplyDeleteBryan Alexander That was a generic-you comment for anyone who happened by! (my style on G+ as opposed to any other leading brand)
ReplyDeleteBryan Alexander Wife has a BA from the University of New Hampshire in Political Science with a minor in Journalism and a MA in Guidance and Counseling from Stetson University, and she is a Certified Addictions Prevention Professional. My daughter received a BA in Media Communications Law and a BS in Psychology (in four years on a full scholarship) at Florida State University with a minor in Theater and a Doctorate in Law from Georgia State University.
ReplyDeleteThank you. I'm sorry for their struggling through adjuncthood,
ReplyDeleteBryan Alexander They may not be happy with the pay, but they both love teaching more than anything else. That is probably the only reason they refused to leave.
ReplyDeleteI hear you.
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