Education
MLA13 ~ Presidential Forum, S112
Avenues of Access: Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Members and American Higher Education, Thursday, 3 January, 5:15–7:00 p.m. Presiding: Michael Bérubé,
Pres @MichaelBerube1 into his Pres Forum on adjunct fac. Hurry over! #mla13 #s112 Constitution Ballrm. http://pic.twitter.com/ck2R7RAV- 1. "Free-Market Faculty Members: The Adjunct Project and the Disposable Professor," Joshua Boldt, Univ. of Georgia2. "Human Resources: Employment Practices and the Future University," Elizabeth Landers, Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis3. "Addressing the Scarlet A: Adjuncts and the Academy," Maria Maisto, New Faculty Majority4. "Reinventing Access: Free Public Higher Education, Quality Instruction, and Job Security for All Faculty Members," Robert Samuels, Univ. of California, Los AngelesSession Description: This session will discuss and review recent efforts to address the working conditions of faculty members off the tenure track and will ask what those working conditions mean for the future of American higher education. If, as the New Faculty Majority slogan has it, faculty working conditions are student learning conditions, then how should we seek to improve those conditions without devaluing the work that non-tenure-track faculty members do?
- Adjunct ProjectThe Adjunct Project exists for the growing number of graduate degree holders and adjunct professors who are unemployed and underemployed.
New Faculty Majority - The National Coalition for Adjunct & Contingent EquityNew Faculty Majority: The National Coalition for Adjunct & Contingent Equity, is the nation's leading education and advocacy organization...
Research CenterMISSION STATEMENT The Center for the Future of Higher Education is an advocacy think tank bringing together academics to address current ...
The expression "extraordinary faculty" might be a good term for non t-t faculty. T-t = ordinary fac, says @MariaMaistoNFM..#mla13 #s112
