Waiting to become: A descriptive phenomenology of adjunct faculty experiences at multi-campus community colleges

Through the Metaphorical Lens: Understanding Othering of Language Lecturers in Indonesian Higher Education

“…These lecturers taught Indonesian and English at their universities, respectively. The findings show that many of the Acehnese lecturers in higher education experienced various kinds of othering, such as discrimination and exclusion (Bakley, 2016;Clingan, 2021;Halici & Kasimoglu, 2006;Husu, 2005), which negatively impact the quality of their professional jobs (Canales, 2000). Most of the othering happening in higher education found in this study were triggered by different political interests during the pre-election of their leader, different birthplaces, and different groups supporting the leader candidates during the election.…”

“…Many previous related studies on othering in higher education institutions have also existed. Among them are studies on othering in the classrooms (e.g., Ahmadi, 2015;Linares, 2016), discrimination against students (e.g., Annalakshmi & Venkatesan, 2018;Gokce, 2013;Liu, 2021), academic staff at universities (e.g., Bakley, 2016;Clingan, 2021;Halici & Kasimoglu, 2006), and othering in terms of discrimination of academic staff members due to different genders (Husu, 2005). Othering is also practiced in the books used as lesson materials, like novels (Mushtaq, 2010).…”

“…Thus, schools find them economically feasible. Another study by Bakley (2016) on adjuncts in higher education institutions revealed that the adjuncts deal with various challenges compared to the permanent employees on various campuses. The male adjuncts received discrimination challenges as compared to the female employees in the same higher education institutions.…”