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Will teach for tenure: glaring double standards on workers' rights are far from a class act.

Publication: U.S. Catholic
Publication Date: 01-JUL-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Will teach for tenure: glaring double standards on workers' rights are far from a class act.(margin notes)(Essay)

Article Excerpt
WHEN YOU THINK OF THE TYPICAL COLLEGE professor the image of a tweed-afflicted, facial-haired gentleman with a penchant for pipe smoking and an inability to locate his house keys may come quickest to mind. But these days when the real college professor stands up, he may look more like an overtired migrant worker in the fields of academia than a lovably bumbling Mr. Chips.

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The U.S. Department of Education reports that back in 1975 most college faculty were already tenured or on their way to it. Less than 30 percent were "adjunct professors," full-time lecturers without a...

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