Victims of Circumstance: Academic Freedom in a Contingent Academy.

Marshall, Eric

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ERIC Number: EJ669918

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2003

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Victims of Circumstance: Academic Freedom in a Contingent Academy.

Marshall, Eric

Academe, v89 n3 p45-49 May-June 2003

Asserts that academic freedom concerns much more than tenure; for adjuncts and other contingent faculty labor conditions significantly restrict academic freedom in its deepest and most practical sense: the freedom to provide and facilitate the best possible education for students. (EV)

Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Adjunct Faculty, Higher Education, Nontenured Faculty, Tenure

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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Note: Theme issue titled "Academic Freedom and National Security."