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I was married to a professor for years, and it's a little more complicated than that. Full time professors do have some leeway, but they catch shit if they try
by pmichaud 14y ago
I was married to a professor for years, and it's a little more complicated than that. Full time professors do have some leeway, but they catch shit if they try to require something "weird," or inconsistent with other professors teaching similar classes. Adjunct professors have exactly zero say in the books they teach with, they can't even require extra books (which would be a sort of workaround).
And consider the trend to hire more and more adjuncts in lieu of full time faculty.
- aroberge 14y agoWhen I was younger, I really bought in the myth that the U.S. was the country where true freedom could be found. I can guarantee you that here, in Canada, even adjuncts (at universities where I worked) have true Academic Freedom when it comes to choice of books, etc.