An Academic Peddler.

Knutson, Peter

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ERIC Number: EJ497802

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1995

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An Academic Peddler.

Knutson, Peter

Academe, v81 n1 p16-18 Jan-Feb 1995

An anthropologist seeking academic employment reflects on the plight of young, underemployed, often temporary faculty in a difficult job market. Conflicts between expectations and the reality of the stratified academic culture are highlighted. (MSE)

Descriptors: College Faculty, Competition, Employment Patterns, Higher Education, Job Search Methods, Part Time Faculty, Power Structure, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Supply and Demand, Temporary Employment, Underemployment

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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