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Our Canadian national survey 1991–92 reveals significantly different profiles of two types of part-time academics: those who have full-time non-academic jobs (Classics 34.5%) and those who only have part-time jobs (Contemporaries 65.5). The two groups have distinct reasons for teaching part-time, structure of work needs, and priorities of motivations that characterize Contemporaries as the “real” part-time faculty. They differ from Classics in their professional profile and work needs. Contemporaries have chosen the academic profession as their career. Routinization and degradation of part-timers' work, and feminization (53% are women Contemporaries) of “real” part-timers, camouflage their careerist aspirations.
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Rajagopal, I., Lin, Z. Hidden careerists in Canadian universities. High Educ 32, 247–266 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00138866
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