Inside Higher Ed
March 23rd, 2015
Books, articles and talks about adjuncts typically include a long
list of what these instructors lack: decent wages, upward
mobility, office space, assurances of academic freedom and inclusion in
departmental activities, among other material and social goods.
But is the activist focus on what adjunct instructors don’t have,
rather than what they positively contribute, hurting their cause? That
was the premise of a panel here Friday at the annual meeting of the
Conference on College Composition and Communication. The topic was
particularly urgent among the rhetoric and composition instructors in
attendance, whose ranks are disproportionately non-tenure-track -- even
compared to the already high numbers of adjuncts across the humanities
and academe in general. Experts attribute the trend to the vast number
of compulsory, first-year writing courses offered by colleges and
universities, the fact that many writing instructors don’t have a Ph.D.,
and the decline of the share of the professoriate in tenure-track
positions.
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