Book contents
- Digital Transformation and Disruption of Higher Education
- Digital Transformation and Disruption of Higher Education
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Nothing Is Constant Except Change
- Part I (R)evolution of the Higher Education Sector
- Part II Changes in Teaching Formats
- Part III Changes in Teaching Content
- Part IV Networking and Social Activities
- Part V Certification and Diplomas
- Part VI Careers and Professionalisation
- Chapter 23 About University Career Services’ Interaction with EdTech
- Chapter 24 About Training Educators to Become Drivers for Change
- Chapter 25 About Instructors’ Readiness to Teach Online
- Chapter 26 About Precarious Faculty and Their Digital Disruption
- Part VII Futuristic and Ultramodern Higher Education
- Part VIII Higher Education in Motion
- Editor’s Biography
- Index
- References
Chapter 26 - About Precarious Faculty and Their Digital Disruption
from Part VI - Careers and Professionalisation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 June 2022
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Book contents
- Digital Transformation and Disruption of Higher Education
- Digital Transformation and Disruption of Higher Education
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Nothing Is Constant Except Change
- Part I (R)evolution of the Higher Education Sector
- Part II Changes in Teaching Formats
- Part III Changes in Teaching Content
- Part IV Networking and Social Activities
- Part V Certification and Diplomas
- Part VI Careers and Professionalisation
- Chapter 23 About University Career Services’ Interaction with EdTech
- Chapter 24 About Training Educators to Become Drivers for Change
- Chapter 25 About Instructors’ Readiness to Teach Online
- Chapter 26 About Precarious Faculty and Their Digital Disruption
- Part VII Futuristic and Ultramodern Higher Education
- Part VIII Higher Education in Motion
- Editor’s Biography
- Index
- References
Summary
Canadian higher education institutions have seen significant structural and operational changes on their campuses over the last 50 years. As a result of these changes, precarious academic work has increased significantly and more and more courses are being taught by precarious faculty who lack job stability and are often paid a fraction of the salary that their tenure and tenure-track colleagues make teaching the same courses. The pandemic has illuminated the working conditions and prevalence of precarious faculty in the Canadian higher education system. This, in turn, is illuminating the ways in which precarious faculty work (or don’t work) within the academic system.
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- Digital Transformation and Disruption of Higher Education , pp. 345 - 358Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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