{"product_id":"hidden-academics-1","title":"Hidden Academics","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver the past two decades, increasing government cuts have forced universities to become dependent on full- and part-time contract faculty. This fixed dependence has reinforced the functional split in the academic labour force, a split that has taken the form not only of differences in status, compensation, career opportunities, and professional development, but also of feminization and occupational segregation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHidden Academics\u003c\/i\u003e, Indhu Rajagopal examines the multiple ways contract faculty have emerged as an underclass in academia. The identity of the part-time faculty, the nature of their work, and their feelings about status in the university are explained. Central to these discussions are the feminization of part-timers, the relationship between the full-time faculty and their perceptions of part-timers, academic administrators' reasons for hiring part-timers, and the future of the university in this context.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"By Indhu Rajagopal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575487496374,"sku":"9780802042583","price":70.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780802042583_b17185c3-a691-46ea-bf69-53f759984ced.jpg?v=1727459182","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/hidden-academics-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}