REORGANIZING THE FACULTY WORKFORCE FOR FLEXIBILITY - PART-TIME PROFESSIONAL LABOR

Authors
RHOADES G
Citation
G. Rhoades, REORGANIZING THE FACULTY WORKFORCE FOR FLEXIBILITY - PART-TIME PROFESSIONAL LABOR, The Journal of higher education, 67(6), 1996, pp. 626
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Education & Educational Research
Journal title
The Journal of higher education → ACNP
ISSN journal
00221546
Volume
67
Issue
6
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-1546(1996)67:6<626:RTFWFF>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
This article addresses professional workforce issues related to part-t ime faculty in unionized institutions. Collective bargaining agreement s of 183 institutions/systems in the 1990s are content analyzed. I fin d extensive managerial discretion and limited professional constraints regarding the use of part-time faculty, in appointment/release workfo rce actions such as retrenchment and the ratio of part-time to full-ti me faculty.