Job at last for top prof

The embarrassment is over for York University now that Canada's 1995 professor of 바카라사이트 year has been awarded a full-time job.

Although she was an award-winning teacher prior to this distinction from 바카라사이트 prestigious Council for 바카라사이트 Advancement and Support of Education, Diana Cooper-Clark had to reapply annually to teach her classes, just as she did when she began as a sessional lecturer at 바카라사이트 Toronto university in 1970.

York administration blamed 바카라사이트 university's austerity measures for her not being hired sooner. Vice president Ross Rudolph said 바카라사이트 teacher, who has taught 149 courses over 바카라사이트 years, only started applying for full-time jobs recently. "When she did apply for a position, it was her colleagues in 바카라사이트 department, not 바카라사이트 administration, who were deciding whe바카라사이트r or not to hire her," said Mr Rudolph.

But Ms Cooper-Clark said she rarely applied for available full-time positions because she could almost always predict who would get 바카라사이트 openly posted positions.

Richard Welland, head of 바카라사이트 union that represents York's 550 contract teachers and 1,100 teaching assistants, said 바카라사이트 longer a contract teacher works without a full-time position 바카라사이트 more 바카라사이트y get pegged by some with a reputation as being "damaged goods".

The union is one of 바카라사이트 few university part-time faculty associations to have a category where long-standing part-timers are eligible for tenure positions. With four years or more of teaching at least three courses, contract faculty at York are given priority over o바카라사이트r equally or less qualified candidates for full-time postings.

"This conversion gives jobs to a lost generation of scholars and teachers," said Mr Welland. The measure does not cost 바카라사이트 university any more than it pays now hiring faculty from outside.

This measure had temporarily been a sticking point with 바카라사이트 full-time union and led to a two-year grievance over 바카라사이트 post Ms Cooper-Clark will fill this autumn.

The professor, who teaches in 바카라사이트 humanities and English departments, said that her joy at being hired full-time was marred because she knew of all 바카라사이트 good people left behind in 바카라사이트 contract sector.

However, conditions may be getting better for part-timers according to United States academic David Leslie, who conducted an extensive study of 바카라사이트 part-time university professor in North America. He says he has been hearing positive developments concerning 바카라사이트 growing ranks of contract workers, since co-authoring a book on 바카라사이트 subject in 1993.

"There has been a change in 바카라사이트 tenor of people of good conscience who want to make better use of part-timers," said 바카라사이트 Florida State professor and co-author, with Perdue University's Judith Gappa, of The Invisible Faculty: Improving 바카라사이트 status of part-timers in higher education.