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AAUP reports 65% are 'contingent faculty'.(NEWSWATCH)(American Association of University Professors)(Brief article)
The percentage of higher education faculty without tenure has increased dramatically in the last three decades, according to a new report by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).
In 2003, 65% of faculty held non-tenure track positions, compared with 43% in 1975, based on data collected by the U.S. Department of Education from 2,617 American schools.
The number of non-tenured staff is likely to continue to rise, said Flo Hatcher, who chairs the AAUP's National Committee on Contingent Faculty and the Profession. The trend has become institutionalized, she said. "It's reflective of society at large. It's outsourcing of cheap, good, seamless and continuous labor."
John Curtis, AAUP director of research and public policy, said that the trend harms a campus as a whole because contingency faculty are often given scanty support to serve students. Compared with those on the tenure track, contingency faculty have little academic freedom, lower salaries, less commitment to the ...
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