Erosion of an ideal
The 'presence ̊s of part-time faculty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4098712 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Barbara Warme, Barbara D Warme (York University), Katherina Lundy, Katherina L P Lundy (University of Toronto) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 201-213 |
| Publication date | 1988-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-5079 • E-ISSN: 1470-174X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03075078812331377876 |
| OpenAlex | W2123043273 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 8 |
The entrenchment of part-time academic positions reflects a more general trend in industrial societies where part-time workers have become the fastest growing segment of the labour force. In a study of part-time faculty at a large Canadian university, we explore some of the consequences of part-time status for the individuals themselves and for the university in which they do a high proportion of the teaching. The research was conducted via questionnaire survey of part-time faculty members and of students, and in-depth interviews with part-time faculty, full-time faculty, administrators, union leaders and students. Part-time contracts provide curricular flexibility and accommodation to fiscal restraint; they also meet the needs of some individuals. The costs of academic marginality are most severe for ‘reluctant ̊s part-timers who would prefer full-time positions. In constituting a secondary labour market, a large echelon of part-time faculty compromises the ideal of the collegium, and is perceived to depress the institutions' scholarly productivity
Accommodation · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Full-time · Higher education · Labour economics · Management · Medical education · Part-time employment · Pedagogy · Political science · Productivity · Sociology · Time management · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Medicine · Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1990 - 2020 (31) |
| Highly cited | No |