Monday, June 23, 2014

TIAA-CREF calls for "Greater intentionality" in employment of contingent faculty

TIAA-CREF
TIAA-CREF (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/06/23/discussion-focuses-envisioning-faculty-models-future#sthash.CxT4jrWf.dpbs

In this they have something in common with organized labor.  As tenure becomes the exception, rather than the rule, college teachers --- including graduate assistants --- are becoming fertile soil for union growth.  Employers, too, should be thinking of better ways to deal with this new majority in their workforces.

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