Displacement (32)
Faculty have long been concerned that distance education courses might displace traditional campus courses. The 32 terms in this category generally prohibited online courses or faculty from displacing traditional courses or faculty. A subcategory of this term is Priority. This term type specified who had priority in the assignment of distance education courses. Displacement is a permissive term for bargaining.
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Observations. Displacement relates to personnel decisions that are not traditionally bargainable. Johnstone (1981) notes that academic personnel decisions include a series of discreet steps that are unique to higher education. The decision on whom to hire to teach what is one of those steps. The initial introduction of distance education to a campus can brings with it fear of displacement by those who don’t wish to teach in this format. This term insures that the status quo of traditional instruction will continue, at least for the duration of the agreement.
This is a term that will bear watching in future years. As more traditional faculty retire and replacements are hired with the expectation that they will teach distance education courses, there may be fewer instances of the Displacement term in faculty contracts.