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Describing economic and professional marginalization of adjunct faculty and reluctance of tenured colleagues and administrators to work for change, calls for institutional caps on percentage of courses taught by adjuncts, a pay rate closer to 75 percent of tenured salary rather than the current 25 percent, and time limits on adjuncts teaching full loads.--ERIC abstract

Argues that preserving privilege is the dominant aim of the postmodern university and that the faculty as "guild" demands silence and conformity. Cites instances of careerism, suppression of free speech, and corruption of tenure practices.--ERIC abstract

Reports on a study of tenured women faculty at MIT, specifically discussing marginalization, their small numbers, and their difficulty with balancing work and family.

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		Academic Apartheid: The Predicament of Part-Time Faculty Unger, Donald N. S. Thought & Action, 61-64, Fall 2000. View Abstract Describing economic and professional marginalization of adjunct faculty and reluctance of tenured colleagues and administrators to work for change, calls for institutional caps on percentage of courses taught by adjuncts, a pay rate closer to 75 percent of tenured salary rather than the current 25 percent, and time limits on adjuncts teaching full loads.--ERIC abstract Subjects: Non-tenure-track faculty, Part-time faculty, Salary, Status, Workload
		The Sounds of Silence: Life in the Postmodern University Bullough, R. V. Educational Forum, 324-331, Summer 2000. View Abstract Argues that preserving privilege is the dominant aim of the postmodern university and that the faculty as "guild" demands silence and conformity. Cites instances of careerism, suppression of free speech, and corruption of tenure practices.--ERIC abstract Subjects: Academic freedom, Climate, Faculty, Status, Tenure
		The Status of Women Faculty at MIT: Overview Council on Faculty Diversity, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 2002-03-01. http://web.mit.edu/faculty/reports/overv iew.html View Abstract Reports on a study of tenured women faculty at MIT, specifically discussing marginalization, their small numbers, and their difficulty with balancing work and family. Subjects: Family, Status, Tenured faculty, Women, Work/life balance
		Constructing women's status: Policy discourses of university women's commission reports Allan, Elizabeth J. Harvard Educational Review, 44, Spring 2003. Subjects: Faculty, Policy, Status, Women, Work conditions
		Laboring in the dream factory, part I Shumar, Wesley. Qualitative Studies in Education, 239-250, 1999. Subjects: Part-time faculty, Status
		Laboring in the dream factory, part II Church, Jonathan T. Qualitative Studies in Education, 251-262, 1999. Subjects: Business Models in Higher Education, Status, Tenure-track faculty
		Report of the Women Faculty Issues Committee Women Faculty Issues Committee, State University of New York at Stony Brook. 2000-05-01. http://ws.cc.stonybrook.edu/provost/repo rt/docs/wfic2.pdf View Abstract This report reviews the status of women faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences, the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the Marine Sciences Research Center. It makes recommendations for redressing past inequities and for instituting future policies and procedures that will make Stony Brook a more attractive institution for women faculty.--from executive summary Subjects: Faculty, Status, Women
		Statement of Principles on Family Responsibilities and Academic Work American Association of University Professors. 2001-11-01. http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/policyd ocs/contents/workfam-stmt.htm Subjects: Faculty, Family, Flexible work policy, Government policy, Status
		Strategies to increase the representation ofwomen on the academic staff of the Faculty of Medicineat Monash University McCall, Louise, Liddell, Merilyn, O'Neil, Jo, Coman, Greg. Higher Education, 131-149, 2000-03-01. View Abstract This study used focus groups to develop strategies toincrease the representation of women in the seniorlevels of academia in the Medical Faculty at MonashUniversity. The aims of the study were to: raiseawareness of a wide group of Faculty members on issuesassociated with equal opportunity; achieve greaterinvolvement in implementation of equal opportunitystrategies; and to obtain a broad base of opinions andideas from which to develop strategies that wouldincrease the representation of women on the academicstaff of the Faculty. The focus group method of datagathering resulted in `faculty ownership'' ofaffirmative action and an implementation plan that hashigh priority and incorporates a number of peoplecommitted to achieving the target outcomes.--SpringerLink abstract Subjects: Faculty, Status, Women
		Contingent faculty and the courts Euben, Donna R. http://www.aaup.org/publications/Academe /2004/04jf/04jflw.htm View Abstract More colleges and universities are relying on contingent faculty--that is, faculty in part- or full-time non-tenure-track positions--to teach. As the number of such faculty grows, so does the amount of litigation on related issues.--from article Subjects: Academic freedom, Climate, Full-time faculty, Non-tenure-track faculty, Part-time faculty, Status

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