How the University Works Higher Education and the Low-wage Nation

Name: How the University Works Higher Education and the Low-wage Nation
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ISBN: 9780814791127

ISBN-10: 0814791123

ISBN-13: 9780814791127

Edition: N/A

Authors: Marc Bousquet, Cary Nelson

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As much as we think we know about the modern university, very little has been said about what it's like to work there. Instead of the high-wage, high-profit world of knowledge work, most campus employees-including the vast majority of faculty-really work in the low-wage, low-profit sphere of the service economy. Tenure-track positions are at an all-time low, with adjuncts and graduate students teaching the majority of courses. This super-exploited corps of disposable workers commonly earn fewer than $16,000 annually, without benefits, teaching as many as eight classes per year. Even undergraduates are being exploited as a low-cost, disposable workforce.Marc Bousquet, a major figure in the…

Book details

List price: $19.20
Publisher: New York University Press
Publication date: 1/1/2008
Binding: E-Book
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long
Language: English