Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss: Class Consciousness in Composition
Abstract
I argue that we need to acknowledge how the material interests of part-time and adjunct teachers, graduate assistants, tenure-stream faculty, and administrators can come into conflict in composition in order to negotiate fairly among them. I then call on bosses and workers in composition to form a new class consciousness centered on the issue of good teaching for fair pay. I discuss how the culture of academic professionalism militates against such a consciousness, and I propose three ways to forge a more collective view of our work: involving faculty at all ranks in teaching the first-year course, devising alternatives to tenure as a form of job security, and pressing for more direct control over staffing and curricula.
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- College Composition and Communication
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- 2000-09-01
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- 10.58680/ccc20001407
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Leverenz (2024)College Composition and Communication
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Klausman (2018)Teaching English in the Two-Year College
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