Off-track profs : nontenured teachers in higher education / John G. Cross and Edie N. Goldenberg.

Author
Cross, John G. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009.
Description
xii, 196 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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Subject(s)
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-185) and index.
Contents
  • 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.
ISBN
  • 9780262012911 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 026201291X (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008042149
OCLC
261201400
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