Allison Harbin, PhD

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Academia's Bonfire of Vanities

December 16, 2020 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: It's too late to save education, and it has been since the 1970s. In this post, I explain why in the context of neoliberal policy and deregulation.

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December 16, 2020 /Allison Harbin
future of higher education, burnout in academia, academic freedom, student rights, academic reforms in higher education, importance of ethics in academia, research ethics, labor exploitation, adjunct professor, academia is toxic
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Myth of Meritocracies (Revisited)

December 09, 2020 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: Academia is no meritocracy. Neoliberal ideology-driven competition turns us into fools, shame on us.

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December 09, 2020 /Allison Harbin
academic bullying, burnout in academia, academic freedom, student rights, academic reforms in higher education, importance of ethics in academia, research ethics, labor exploitation, adjunct professor, academia is toxic
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Why This Conversation Matters: Adjunction & Systemic Breakdown

October 30, 2017 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: I talk about the need for discussion about adjunct and graduate student exploitation and false promises.

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October 30, 2017 /Allison Harbin
higher eduation, is academia exploitative, adjunct professor, professor salary, adjunct crisis, new faculty majority, academic job market, neoliberal university, post phd, education activism
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Burn it Down: A Systemic Crisis in Academia

August 13, 2017 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

This is a post about how systemic the abuse and exploitation of adjuncts and graduates students is: Know if this is happening to you, or in your department, you are not alone.

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August 13, 2017 /Allison Harbin
academic bullying, burnout in academia, academic freedom, student rights, academic reforms in higher education, importance of ethics in academia, research ethics, labor exploitation, adjunct professor, academia is toxic
Systemic Problems In Ed
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Mob Mentality and Toxicity in Academia

August 07, 2017 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: About the toxic culture of academia and its perpetuation of systemic abuse, my expulsion from academia, and what I came to find when I left.

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August 07, 2017 /Allison Harbin
academic bullying, burnout in academia, academic freedom, student rights, academic reforms in higher education, importance of ethics in academia, research ethics, labor exploitation, adjunct professor, academia is toxic
Systemic Problems In Ed
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Adjuncting (and the Academic Job Market)

June 07, 2017 by Allison Harbin in Systemic Problems In Ed

In this post: A cold dose of reality demonstrating academias failure to be the meritocracy we all thought it was.

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June 07, 2017 /Allison Harbin
higher eduation, is academia exploitative, adjunct professor, professor salary, adjunct crisis, new faculty majority, academic job market, neoliberal university
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