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Tag: College faculty
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Black Chemist Declines UNC Faculty Position, Citing Controversial Nikole Hannah-Jones Tenure Case
Dr. Lisa Jones, a prominent Black chemist, has turned down an offer to join the faculty at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill citing a decision by UNC trustees not to offer tenure to Pulitzer Prize journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, The News & Observer reported. And some faculty worry the loss of Jones β who [β¦]
June 4, 2021
Faculty & Staff
Growing Proportion of Part-Time Faculty Portends Problems
The decline in tenured and tenure-track college and university faculty and the increase in nontenured full-time, part-time and adjunct instructors β a decades-long trend that shows no sign of slowing β is likely to have widespread impact across the higher education landscape.
July 30, 2019
Faculty & Staff
If You Want to Diversify the Professoriate, Donβt Scare Us Away
If life as a tenure-track professor is so miserable, then why do you continue? As a doctoral candidate working on my dissertation while preparing for the faculty market, I have sought out thought pieces, attended early-career faculty programs, and paid special attention to what academics are saying on Twitter about life on the tenure-track. Does it get better after tenure?
June 25, 2019
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Scholars: Union Organizing on Campuses Signals Awakening
Faculty, adjunct instructors and graduate student assistants on college campuses across the nation are attempting to organize labor unions at an increasing rate, a trend likely to continue, according to some scholars.
February 22, 2019
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