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[Barb Barasa]

>SORRY--- but you can most likely expect it...  This has been happening all
>over the country for years to Music teachers.They call them "ADJUNCT
>FACULTY.. It will happen to Techs.   I even feel that the whole process of
>"Tenure" is in danger...... Benefits are EXPENSIVE  and the educational
>community will soon mirror the trend in the larger work community of people
>not working at one place for their lives...
>Look what the last GM strike was about..  Subing out parts!!'
>
>                                                   Tom Cobble

I would agree with Tom about the university system in general.  A tenured
professor I had last year for a grad class at a state university said she
was the last of a dying breed.  Soon there would be no more tenured  people.
My friend who has a MA in Music (ethnomusicology), a field with little
competition, is supposed to be grateful to be eeking out a meager existence
teaching at 4 different colleges, universities, and junior colleges,
supplementing her income teaching piano and playing flute/guitar duos.  I
guess this is what you have to look forward to, Newton.  (They save a lot of
money with her because none of them pays her any benefits or guarantees
ANTHING!)

Barb Barasa
Sycamore IL