CONGRESS CANCELED Medievalist Collaborations of Tenured and Adjunct Faculty (A Roundtable)
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In the last year, the number of university faculty working off of the tenure-track has reached 73%, and other projections of the last ten years predict that number could go as high as 85%.[1] Such decline in tenure brings dramatic changes to the academic freedom, economic status, and time commitments of the professoriate. Contingent faculty, however, have much to offer with their own training, years of experience, and research aspirations. Being off the tenure-track does not automatically preclude adjuncts from pursuing research or special teaching projects, but it can make it harder with often more limited resources. This panel will seek to model ways in which tenure- and non-tenure-track faculty have worked together to their mutual benefit. While it certainly may be true that tenured faculty need to act as a voice for adjuncts’ concerns, this session will be most interested in ways that collaborations have been beneficial for both parties involved. Alison Langdon
CONGRESS CANCELED Medievalist Collaborations of Tenured and Adjunct Faculty (A Roundtable)
Bernhard 204
In the last year, the number of university faculty working off of the tenure-track has reached 73%, and other projections of the last ten years predict that number could go as high as 85%.[1] Such decline in tenure brings dramatic changes to the academic freedom, economic status, and time commitments of the professoriate. Contingent faculty, however, have much to offer with their own training, years of experience, and research aspirations. Being off the tenure-track does not automatically preclude adjuncts from pursuing research or special teaching projects, but it can make it harder with often more limited resources. This panel will seek to model ways in which tenure- and non-tenure-track faculty have worked together to their mutual benefit. While it certainly may be true that tenured faculty need to act as a voice for adjuncts’ concerns, this session will be most interested in ways that collaborations have been beneficial for both parties involved. Alison Langdon