Well what a surprise.
Contingent faculty members who are hired just before the start of an academic term can opt to prep their classes while they’re not on the payroll or resign themselves to teach courses for which they’re not adequately prepared, the report says.
I do a LOT of prep for which I am not paid. Universities COUNT on this.
- The ‘just-in-time’ staffing model is unjust for faculty and for students and clearly compromises education quality
- Faculty working conditions are student learning conditions
The question that keeps coming back to me again and again, is “How does this approach makes things better?” and the fact is it doesn’t. Which brings us to the next question: What are universities for? They no longer seem to be for teaching the next generation of scholars, and given the kind of control universities and granting agencies exert on faculty, they aren’t about advancing knowledge either (unless it’s profitable).
So, what ARE they about?
