Off-Track Profs: Nontenured Teachers in Higher Education
Much attention has been paid to the increasing proportion of non-tenure-track faculty—adjuncts, lecturers, and others—in American higher education. Critics charge that universities exploit "contingent faculty" and graduate students, engaging in a type of bait and switch to attract applicants (advertising institutional standing based on distinguished faculty who seldom teach undergraduates), and as a result provide undergraduates with an inadequate educational experience. This book, by two...
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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.
Preface vii\ Acknowledgments xi\ 1 Do We Know Who Teaches Our Students? 1\ 2 Setting the Stage: The Changing Complexion of Postsecondary Instruction 13\ 3 How Are Academic Hiring Decisions Made? 35\ 4 From Monastery to Market 53\ 5 The Market for Non-Tenure-Track Instruction 67\ 6 The Invasion of the Business Models 85\ 7 Faculty Unionization: The Limits of an Industrial Model 103\ 8 Do Hiring Practices Matter? 119\ 9 From Dilemmas to Action 139\ Notes 153\ References 175\ Index 187
