Course Description
Examination of historic and contemporary issues involving faculty work, work life, rights, and responsibilities in the United States.
Athena Title
The Professoriate
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
- By the end of the term, students will be able to explain the development of faculty roles, rights, and responsibilities.
- By the end of the term, students will be able to discuss the modern debates over issues involving academic freedom, tenure, and unionization, including supporting their own perspectives.
- By the end of the term, students will be able to understand how individual identity relates to experiences of a faculty career.
- By the end of the term, students will be able to articulate the shifts in the composition of the faculty and the increasing emphasis on part-time and contingent labor.
Topical Outline
- 1. Preparation for the professoriate
- 2. Faculty demographics and roles
- 3. Contexts of faculty work
- 4. Faculty work and life
- 5. Faculty hiring and departure
- 6. Academic freedom, tenure, and shared governance
- 7. Casualization of the faculty
