"Yes, and… " Continuing the Scholarly Conversation about Contingent Labor in Higher Education. Wicked Problems Forum: Contingent Labor in Higher Education

Autor/inn/en	Rudick, C. Kyle; Dannels, Deanna P.
Titel	"Yes, and… " Continuing the Scholarly Conversation about Contingent Labor in Higher Education. Wicked Problems Forum: Contingent Labor in Higher Education
Quelle	In: Communication Education, 68 (2019) 2, S.259-263 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-4523
DOI	10.1080/03634523.2019.1572198
Schlagwörter	Adjunct Faculty; College Faculty; Labor Problems; Race; Human Dignity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fakultät; Berufsproblem; Rasse; Abstammung; Menschenwürde
Abstract	As public spending for higher education continues its decades-long decline (Chronicle of Higher Education, 2014), and university boards and administrators seek ways to balance their budgets, faculty (and staff) labor has been targeted as a way to make ends meet. Attacks on faculty labor can take different forms, such as reducing or eliminating liberal arts requirements, decreasing faculty need, especially in the humanities; increasing class sizes (requiring fewer instructors to cover individual sections); and the elimination or hollowing out of tenure through punitive post-tenure review policies. Penultimate in the drive for a more (in managerial-speak) "flexible labor" is the increasing reliance on contingent faculty--those with term-to-term or multiyear contracts, but no guarantee of long-term employment. The use, and abuse, of contingent labor in higher education is a multifaceted, long-entrenched practice, signifying its place as a "wicked problem" (Rittel & Webber, 1973), not only for those in these positions, but for the entire higher education system. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Routledge. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01