A Floor and Not a Ceiling: Promoting the Minimum Standards Developed by APSA’s Committee on the Status of Contingent Faculty in the Profession
Thu, September 5, 2:00 to 3:30pm, Pennsylvania Convention Center (PCC), 107ASession Submission Type: Roundtable
Session Description
The APSA Committee on the Status of Contingent Faculty in the Profession brings together contingent faculty to reflect on their experiences and the committee's proposed Minimum Standards document, asking:
- What challenges covered in the Minimum Standards Documents have you faced or observed in your career? Are any experiences/challenges you faced missing from this list?
- On which issues have you seen progress?
- If you have observed (or contributed to) institutional change, what factors do you think led to success?
- Is there anything APSA could do for contingent faculty?
Sponsored by APSA's Committee on the Status of Contingent Faculty in the Profession. The committee will have its annual business meeting on September 16 at 12pmET on Zoom. This meeting is open to any interested attendees. Please email teaching@apsanet.org if you are interested in attending.