Retaliation is a real thing, it is an unfortunate thing, and
it happens more often then we like in higher education.
How does it happen? I am glad you asked. As an adjunct
faculty, it is easy for a supervisor to do this, and sometimes they might not
even realize they are doing it. Perhaps the supervisor med a scheduling error,
and it caused a professor to lose a class. While we know there are no guarantees
for adjuncts; it is still a loss. What happens is when the adjunct complains
the supervisor leaves them off the list for the next term classes; and keeps
them off.
People often leave an institution because of a boss or
because the culture supports a toxic environment; and when a person mentions
this in an exit interview, often times, they are blamed instead of the issue
being investigated.
I have often written about how educators sometimes are the most
indiscreet and inconsistent employers out there, and it is an unfortunate
truth.
Why is it that as higher educators we often do not hold
ourselves to a higher standard of management? Why do we let a culture fester to
the point of jeopardizing an institution?
Make no mistake, higher education is in a crisis mode for so
many reasons, and a lack of consistency is one of them.
Are we going acknowledge this or wait for the institutions
to close one by one? The proof is out there, especially when we look at accrediting
bodies, school closures, and position turnover.
Dr Flavius A
B Akerele III
The ETeam
