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Hunter Gray wrote: > This Alabama shooting -- a multiple affair-- is obviously an > all-around tragedy by any measure. I do have a personal insight to > offer in this particular academic situation. > > The "economy" probably figures into this some way -- and I'm > convinced that the spike in such lethal things in some other > vocational and social frameworks around the country, is often sparked > and may even stem primarily by and from the deteriorating "bread and > butter" dimension. But, having taught in the college/university > setting at various points for many years indeed, I don't need psychic > insights to get a handle on this one. Professor Bishop was denied > tenure [job security/protection] -- a major blow to any academic > faculty person -- and she went over the canyon rim in a departmental > faculty meeting. > I have more than the average interest in these issues since my wife was an adjunct professor until recently. Frankly, if I had known how daunting the prospects of getting a tenure-track job was (she has one now, which is like winning the American Idol), I'd have advised her to learn accounting. I reviewed some books that deal with the crisis of full-time employment in academia: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2008/08/06/how-the-university-works-reclaiming-the-ivory-tower/ http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/the-last-professors/ ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
