A former Nova Scotia university president who’s been paid hundreds of thousands of dollars since retiring isn’t in an unusual position. Canadian Association of University Teachers says secrecy, corporate mindset behind generous deals. Read the CBC News article.
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Corporatization of Canadian universities leaves students and faculty on the brink Reply
“At Carleton, one out of every five courses was taught by part-time faculty in 2003; by 2011, that number was one in three. Part-time contract appointments in the humanities and social sciences increased at York by 136 per cent from 2000 to 2010, including a gobsmacking 564 per cent in the English department. At Trent, part-time positions increased by 203 per cent; at the University of Toronto, 235 per cent.
The rates are consistent across all his data. In 2001, tenure-tracked appointments outnumbered contract faculty by one-quarter. By 2010, there was more part-time faculty than tenure-tracked. And the differences in salary, benefits, hours and job satisfaction are stark. ‘In no other occupation,’ Brownlee writes, ‘is there such a wide disparity between groups whose jobs and training are so similar.'” FromĀ Corporatization of Canadian universities leaves students and faculty on the brink, an article by Michael Stewart onĀ Rabble.