Welcome:
On the Coalition on the Academic Workforce website,
you will find information and resources on contingent
faculty in the U.S. Contingent faculty are those employed
in part- or full-time, non-tenure-track positions that often
lack adequate pay and benefits, access to professional support,
and support for scholarship and keeping current in the field.
The dramatic rise in contingent appointments poses a grave
threat to the quality and stability of higher education. The
immediate cost savings that institutions realize from their
use are often offset by the lack of program coherence and
reduced faculty involvement with students and student learning.
Permanent faculty members must be present in sufficient numbers
to develop courses, research new trends, set requirements,
and design general education courses, majors, minors, and
graduate programs. |
