Academic career structures have undergone progressive precarization, marked by an increase in temporary contracts and part-time jobs, under marketized higher education¶
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q3 i? Across 21 national contexts reviewed, career structures show progressive precarization through increased temporary contracts and part-time jobs. → Oliveira 2024
Evidence¶
Oliveira 2024¶
Oliveira, T., Nada, C., & Magalhães, A. (2024). Navigating an Academic Career in Marketized Universities: Mapping the International Literature. Review of Educational Research. https://doi.org/10.3102/00346543231226336
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The review's synthesis of 54 documents from 21 national contexts reports that "career structures have undergone a progressive precarization, marked by an increase in temporary contracts and part-time jobs." No effect size is printed; the finding is the review's qualitative synthesis.
"first, on a material level, career structures have undergone a progressive precarization, marked by an increase in temporary contracts and part-time jobs"
Discussion¶
Related Claims¶
- Fatalistic narratives such as \"there is no other way out of the neoliberal game\" appear prevalent in how academics narrate careers under marketization — related
- Narratives of love and happiness for academic work intertwine with normalization of exploitation, producing a \"passion trap\" of pain and fatigue amid unstable contracts — related
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Academic career structures have undergone progressive precarization, marked by an increase in temporary contracts and part-time jobs, under marketized higher education |
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Academic career structures have undergone progressive precarization, marked by an increase in temporary contracts and part-time jobs, under marketized higher education |
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2029 |
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