Contract Faculty : Injustice in the University

Infobase, (film distributor.). Garry Potter (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: The film explores the damage done to higher education, to research, to students and faculty through the ever-increasing reliance upon precarious labor. The film examines the situation of contract faculty, sessionals as they are known in Canada, adjuncts as they are called in the US, largely through their own testimony and that of full time professors as well.

Record details

Physical Description: remote
1 online resource (1 video file (39 min., 21 sec)) : sound, color.
Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : Garry Potter, [2016]
Distributor: New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2017.
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released by Garry Potter, 2016. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on December 19, 2017.
Formatted Contents Note:	Welcome to Class (2:35); Precious Work (4:48); Precarity in Academic World (3:37); True Adjunct Tales (5:46); Pay Disparities (7:03); American vs. Canadian Contract Faculty (1:40); Unionization (2:01); Margaret Mary Vojtko (3:02); Union Variability (3:37); Confronting Precarious Academic Work (4:38); Credits: Contract Faculty: Injustice in the University (0:34);
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
Target Audience Note:	9 - 12, Academic/AP
System Details Note:	Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Language Note:	Closed-captioned.
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's description