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"Tenured Bosses and Disposable Teachers: Writing Instruction in the
Managed University "exposes the poor working conditions of
contingent composition faculty and explores practical alternatives
to the unfair labor practices that are all too common on campuses
today.
Editors Marc Bousquet, Tony Scott, and Leo Parascondola bring
together diverse perspectives from pragmatism to historical
materialism to provide a perceptive and engaging examination of the
nature, extent, and economics of the managed labor problem in
composition instruction--a field in which as much as ninety-three
percent of all classes are taught by graduate students, adjuncts,
and other "disposable" teachers. These instructors enjoy few
benefits, meager wages, little or no participation in departmental
governance, and none of the rewards and protections that encourage
innovation and research. And it is from this disenfranchised
position that literacy workers are expected to provide some of the
core instruction in nearly everyone's higher education experience.
Twenty-six contributors explore a range of real-world solutions to
managerial domination of the composition workplace, from
traditional academic unionism to ensemble movement activism and the
pragmatic rhetoric, accommodations, and resistances practiced by
teachers in their daily lives.
Contributors are Leann Bertoncini, Marc Bousquet, Christopher
Carter, Christopher Ferry, David Downing, Amanda Godley, Robin
Truth Goodman, Bill Hendricks, Walter Jacobsohn, Ruth Kiefson, Paul
Lauter, Donald Lazere, Eric Marshall, Randy Martin, Richard Ohmann,
Leo Parascondola, Steve Parks, Gary Rhoades, Eileen Schell, Tony
Scott, William Thelin, JenniferSeibel Trainor, Donna Strickland,
William Vaughn, Ray Watkins, and Katherine Wills.
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