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Part-time Faculty - Higher Education on the Cheap
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Mark Shapiro
Nov 4, 2002, 10:55:20 PM11/4/02
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The American Council on Education (ACE) has just released a report on the
dramatic rise in the numbers of part-time and non-tenure track full-time
faculty members in American higher education. Today, on average, only about
38% of American college and university faculty members hold tenured or
tenure-track positions. Part-time faculty members and full-time,
nontenure-track faculty members (lecturers), who now make up the majority of
those who teach college and university classes earn significantly less and
have significantly fewer benefits than full-time tenured/tenure-track
faculty.
dramatic rise in the numbers of part-time and non-tenure track full-time
faculty members in American higher education. Today, on average, only about
38% of American college and university faculty members hold tenured or
tenure-track positions. Part-time faculty members and full-time,
nontenure-track faculty members (lecturers), who now make up the majority of
those who teach college and university classes earn significantly less and
have significantly fewer benefits than full-time tenured/tenure-track
faculty.
The Irascible Professor analyzes the impact of this trend on the quality of
higher education.
Read our comments at: http://irascibleprofessor.com/comments-11-05-02.htm
Sincerely,
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Dr. Mark H. Shapiro
Editor and Publisher
The Irascible Professor
http://irascibleprofessor.com
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