My Clips- Cause of plane crash west of Bozeman under investigation, pilot pronounced dead at scene August 31, 2010
- The man who wanted train horns August 16, 2010
- Money well spent? August 15, 2010
- Local telecom company gets $64 million to bring high-speed Internet to rural Gallatin County August 5, 2010
- Montana Opticom receives $64 million in stimulus money for rural broadband August 4, 2010
- AT&T to replace Alltel in Montana within a year June 25, 2010
- Bozeman twin looks to scale namesake peak: K2 June 21, 2010
- High water claims Amsterdam Road bridge June 12, 2010
- Trio of veteran Belgrade teachers retiring June 7, 2010
- MSU robot digger wins NASA competition May 29, 2010
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Off the tenure track
Non-tenure track instructors teach nearly 49 percent of undergraduate courses in the United States, the Chronicle of Higher Education reports.
Many of those instructors work part-time and aren't paid as much as their tenured or tenure-track counterparts. Non-tenure track instructors make up nearly 70 percent of the professoriate in the U.S.
This information comes from a report issued by the American Federation of Teachers, which worries that academic freedom is compromised because most of the undergraduate instructors in the country lack the job security that comes with tenure.
When you can lose your job at any time because of budgetary reasons or because of something you said or did, I'd say academic freedom is compromised.
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