Data on increasing use of part-time faculty is provided. The major purpose of the article is to describe the efforts to unionize part-time faculty in New Jersey. The AFT recommendations on part-time faculty are listed. Off the Tenure Track. On Campus, p. 6-7,15.
Temporary faculty is a misnomer as many continue year after year.
Managers use temporary faculty because of cost factors and because of the same kind of flexibility that is found in hiring part-time faculty. Administrative budgets and personnel continue to grow. These conditions undermine the teaching profession and erode the quality of education. Part-timer's Issues Take Center Stage. On Campus , p. 6, 13.