Leituras pela manhã - from low age to no wage

Quando as universidades passam de centros de conhecimento a centros de negócios o seu único objectivo passa a ser o lucro.

From low wage to no wage

But by simply floating the prospect out into the choppy waves of “the discourse,” higher-ed institutions are now forcing us to seriously discuss what should be an absurd proposition.

In their attempts to convert even part of the adjunct labor force to the status of volunteer, universities are relying on the intensification of the dual trends of wage stagnation and the feminization of labor. That doesn’t simply mean more women working — although, as Kate Bahn reported in Chronicle Vitae in 2013, “A 2012 survey by the Coalition on the Academic Workforce puts the number of female adjuncts … at nearly 62 percent.” Rather, it means more workers will work like women have always worked: They will give more and receive less.