公共责任与非长聘大学教师的权利保障——基于安德森案的分析

The Protection of Rights for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty in American Universities:Based on the Analysis of the Anderson Case

在美国,高等教育的公益性使命和知识分子的角色决定了大学教师可以选择承担公共责任。大学教师的长聘制是大学教师履行社会服务职责,实现公共利益的重要保障。而随着美国非长聘制大学教师越来越多,非长聘教师的权利保障也迫在眉睫。科罗拉多大学发生的安德森案却开创了大学管理层不经任何正当程序就可以解聘一位非长聘教师的先例。安德森案反映了在市场新自由主义、政府保守主义和教师群体个人主义的多重力量叠加下对大学教师权利的压制。非长聘教师权利的维护像长聘教师一样,需要重塑教师共同治理和正当程序。

In the United States,the public service mission of higher education and the role of intellectuals determine that university faculty can choose to undertake public responsibilities.The tenure system for university teachers is an important safeguard for faculty to fulfill their social service duties and achieve public interests.However,with the increasing number of non-tenure-track university teachers in the United States,the protection of their rights is also imminent.The Anderson case at the University of Colorado set a precedent where the university administration could dismiss a non-tenure-track teacher without any due process.The Anderson case reflects the suppression of university teachers’rights under the multiple forces of market neoliberalism,government conservatism,and individualism within the teacher community.The maintenance of rights for non-tenure-track teachers,like tenured teachers,requires the reshaping of faculty shared governance and due process.