Hidden academics : contract faculty in Canadian universities /

Hidden academics : contract faculty in Canadian universities /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Rajagopal, Indhu, 1938-
Imprint:	Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, ©2002.
Description:	1 online resource (xvii, 330 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	College teachers, Part-time -- Canada. Universities and colleges -- Canada -- Faculty. Part-time employment -- Canada. College teachers, Part-time. Part-time employment. Universities and colleges -- Faculty. Canada. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11196747

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9781442675735 144267573X 128202597X 9781282025974 0802042589 0802080987 9780802042583 9780802080981
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"In Hidden Academics, Indhu Rajagopal examines the multiple ways in which contract faculty have emerged as an underclass in academia. She explores the identity of the part-time faculty, the nature of their work, and their feelings about their status within the university. Central to these discussions is an analysis of occupational segregation and the feminization of the part-time workforce. In the course of the study, Rajagopal also looks at full-time faculty and their perceptions of part-timers, academic administrators' reasons for hiring part-timers, and the future of the university in this context."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Rajagopal, Indhu. Hidden academics. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2002 9780802042583

Table of Contents:

Introduction: 'Changing Times and Changing Mission'
The Contract Faculty
Permanent 'Temps' and Surplus Value
Hidden Academics
Invisible Women
Contemporaries and Classics: Segmented Interests
Fragmented Academe
Conflicts That Divide: Full-Timers versus Part-Timers
Interests That Diverge: Administrators versus Part-Timers
The Emergence of an Academic Underclass
'Sweated Labour'
Epilogue: IvoryTower, Inc.?
Survey and Methodology.