Unionization of Fixed Term/Contingent Faculty and the Abandonment of Shared Governance--The View From the University of Chicago

(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015) I have been suggesting that shared governance in the modern American university is failing. That failure is a...

"First Principles" and Benefits Policies at Public Universities--How "Where You Start" Determines the Shape and "Ends" of Benefit Programs

(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015) I have devoted a lot of space on this essay site to the issue of benefits, especially at public universities ...