Off-track profs : nontenured teachers in higher education

Off-track profs : nontenured teachers in higher education / John G. Cross and Edie N. Goldenberg.

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cross, John G.
Other Authors:	Goldenberg, Edie N.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009.
Subjects:	College teachers > Tenure > United States. College teachers > Employment > United States. College teachers, Part-time > Employment > United States. EDUCATION > Higher. College teachers > Employment College teachers, Part-time > Employment College teachers > Tenure United States
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Table of 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.