Tag: academic labor
-
The Philosophy of Adjuncting: A Syllabus (Guest Post by Kevin Temple)
The following is a guest post* by Kevin Temple, a PhD candidate in philosophy at The New School for Social Research. It appears here…
-
Should Professional Philosophy Be More Like Grad School?
Graduate student Nick Byrd (Florida State) sends in an interesting thought to ponder: maybe professional philosophy would be improved in certain respects if it were…
-
On Warwick’s Outsourcing (a few updates)
A few days ago news surfaced of the University of Warwick’s plan to outsource some of its teaching to a company called Teach Higher.…
-
Children and the Flexibility of the Job
Professors generally enjoy quite a bit of flexibility regarding when they are on campus or in their office. This flexibility—and the expectation that professors…
-
Today is National Adjunct Walkout Day
Today is National Adjunct Walkout Day (NAWD). There was some discussion of this here last week. Some information about the day and planned activities…
-
Adjunct Walkout Day: What are you doing?
Adjuncts sometimes say they make up higher education’s invisible class. So an idea pitched on social media a few months ago struck a chord: What would…