B.A., Economics, Binghamton University
Ph.D., Economics, 1986 University of Washington
Office: UW1-330
Phone: 425.352.5365
Email: jacoby@u.washington.edu
Mailing: Box 358530, 18115 Campus Way NE, Bothell, WA 98011-8246
A small portion of life is moderately predictable. In my classes, I explore some of these relationships, particularly how markets and other forms of social organization guide or limit our choices and opportunities. Predictability, however, is primarily important to the social science aspect of my classes. Therefore, my education and labor classes also explore spheres in which we expand and act upon our hopes and possibilities.
BIS 443 Education Policy and the Economy
BIS 345 Global Labor Markets
BIS 327 History of US Labor Markets
BPOLST 500 Contexts and Dimensions of Public Policy
BPOLST 505 Public Finance and Budgests
My research seeks answers to some very broad questions, including: Why don't we learn by doing? Is schooling necessary? How does faculty self-interest define schooling? How do we organize knowledge? Can work be meaningful? What kinds of organization support us in our quest for fulfillment?
Daniel Jacoby (2006), "The Effects of Part-time Faculty Employment upon Community College Graduation Rates", Journal of Higher Education 77:6 p 1081-1103, (Nov.-Dec 2006)
"The New Cooling Out Functions in Higher Education", Teachers College Record, Nov 9 2006, ID #12834.
Daniel Jacoby (2006), "Caring about Caring Labor: an Introduction" Politics and Society (March, 2006)
Daniel Jacoby (2005). Part-time Community College Faculty and the Desire for Full-time Tenure-track Positions: Results of a single institution Case Study. Community College Journal of Practice and Research, 19, 1-16, 2005
"Is Washington State a Leader? Progress on addressing Contingent Academic Labor," Education Policy Analysis Archives 2001
"Plumbing the Origins of American Vocationalism," Labor History, 1998
"Graduate Education and the Apprenticeship Metaphor, the roles of Guilds, Disciplines, Professions and Unions."
"Understanding the demand for part-time faculty at community colleges"
