| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 196 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
College teachers -- Tenure -- United States.
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College teachers -- Tenure. |
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United States. |
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College teachers -- Employment -- United States.
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College teachers -- Employment. |
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College teachers, Part-time -- Employment -- United States.
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College teachers, Part-time -- Employment. |
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College teachers, Part-time. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Goldenberg, Edie N.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cross, John G. Off-track profs. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009 9780262012911 026201291X (DLC) 2008042149 (OCoLC)261201400 |
| ISBN |
9780262255417 (electronic book) |
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0262255413 (electronic book) |
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1282240293 |
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9781282240292 |
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026201291X |
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9780262012911 |
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