Reorganizing Higher Education in the United States and Canada
The Erosion of Tenure and the Unionization of Contingent Faculty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11229889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Dobbie (University of Michigan, corresponding author), Ian Robinson (0000-0002-2747-8077, University of Michigan) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 117-140 |
| Publication date | 2008-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Labor Studies Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-449X • E-ISSN: 1538-9758 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0160449x07301241 |
| OpenAlex | W2128901624 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 2 |
Every year in Canada and the U.S., the share of higher education faculty who teach off the tenure track grows. One might expect that faculty unionization would limit this process, but the data examined here indicate that this is not so. While Canadian universities are significantly more unionized than their U.S. counterparts, they rely at least as heavily on contingent faculty. Similarly, U.S. states with high levels of unionization do not exhibit lower levels of casualization. Union strategies that institutionalize divisions between tenure-track and non-tenure-track, and/or between part-time and full-time faculty, probably play a role in this outcome. They can and should also play a pivotal role in reversing these trends if they develop the political will to do so
Collective bargaining · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Fast track · Higher education · Labour economics · Political science · Politics · Reversing · Track (disk drive · Union density · Canadian Identity and History · Engineering · Law · Medicine · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Public Administration
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| Citations per year | 1.13 |
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| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |