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May 19, 2005
Worse, not Better -- MORE Adjunctery
Inside Higher Ed shows us some numbers reflecting the Fall 2003 hires:
Between 2001 and 2003, the number of full-time faculty jobs at degree-granting institutions rose to 630,419, from 617,868 — a gain of 12,551 jobs. But the number of part-time jobs rose to 543,137, up from 495,315 — a gain of 47,822 jobs. And as a percentage of faculty jobs at degree granting institutions, part-time positions increased to 46 percent, from 44 percent, over those two years. Anecdotal reports suggest that the increase has continued since then. (my emphasis)The system is broken. Change is coming, and I don't think that faculty governance will have much to do with it, except at little places like these Colleges. And note this bullet-pointed factoid if you think things are better at private schools: Full-time faculty members are most likely to be tenured at public institutions (48 percent), followed by private nonprofit institutions (40 percent) and for-profit colleges (3 percent).
Posted by CrankyProfessor at May 19, 2005 9:35 AM