How The University Works

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5:24 30 Seconds From Humiliation MarcBousquet 3,619 views 3 years ago "Anonymous" chronicles the daily humiliations of faculty serving contingently.
5:23 The New Majority Faculty MarcBousquet 2,010 views 3 years ago California Faculty Association activist Elizabeth Hoffman describes the "permanently temporary" condition that is now the norm for faculty in U.S. higher education.
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Faculty on food stamps--undergraduates working 60 hours a week for the minimum wage and drowning in debt-university presidents and basketball coaches raking in millions.

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Faculty on food stamps--undergraduates working 60 hours a week for the minimum wage and drowning in debt-university presidents and basketball coaches raking in millions.

The book is available from Barnes and Noble at a discount ($17.60) See more...