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Category: Non-TT Faculty
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In our newest "how can we help you?" thread, a postdoc writes: I have a one-year postdoc with teaching responsibilities both semesters. I recently learned that I'm pregnant and will be due to give birth about a month before the spring semester ends. I'm super excited! But I don't know exactly how to approach the…
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A couple of months ago, I began a series on the rights of non-tenure-track faculty. In my first three posts, I asked the blog's non-TT readers to chime in on what they take to be important professional issues they face, ran a poll, and then reported the results. Then, in my last post, I asked readers…
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A couple of months ago, I began a new series on the rights of non-tenure-track faculty. In the first post in the series, I asked the blog's non-TT readers to chime in on what they take to be important professional issues they face. Then, using the feedback on that post, I ran a poll asking non-TT…
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A couple of months ago, I began a new series on the rights of non-tenure-track faculty. In the first post in the series, I asked the blog's non-TT readers to chime in on what they take to be important professional issues they face. The issues identified were: Absolute deprivation (e.g. poor pay and/or benefits) Relative deprivation (less…