The Protection of Rights for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty in American Universities:Based on the Analysis of the Anderson Case
In the United States,the public service mission of higher education and the role of intellectuals determine that university faculty can choose to undertake public responsibilities.The tenure system for university teachers is an important safeguard for faculty to fulfill their social service duties and achieve public interests.However,with the increasing number of non-tenure-track university teachers in the United States,the protection of their rights is also imminent.The Anderson case at the University of Colorado set a precedent where the university administration could dismiss a non-tenure-track teacher without any due process.The Anderson case reflects the suppression of university teachers'rights under the multiple forces of market neoliberalism,government conservatism,and individualism within the teacher community.The maintenance of rights for non-tenure-track teachers,like tenured teachers,requires the reshaping of faculty shared governance and due process.
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