Off-track profs
Subtitle: nontenured teachers in higher education
By: John G. Cross and Edie N. Goldenberg.
Contributors: Goldenberg, Edie N.
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780262012911
Subjects: College teachers -- Tenure -- United States; College teachers -- Employment -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Do we know who teaches our students?; title: Setting the stage : the changing complexion of post-secondary instruction; title: How are academic hiring decisions made?; title: From monastery to market; title: The market for non-tenure-track instruction; title: The invasion of business models; title: Faculty unionization : the limits of an industrial model; title: Do hiring practices matter?; title: From dilemmas to action.