Service, Self-Care, and Sacrifice: A Qualitative Exploration of the Pandemic University as a Greedy Institution

Abstract

Scholars have argued that higher education is a “greedy institution” that monopolizes employees’ time and energy. Further, women and minoritized faculty bear the heaviest burdens of these demands with respect to teaching and service. In this auto-ethnographic paper, we explore the escalating demands of the greedy institution during the COVID-19 pandemic.