Meaning of adjunctification | Babel Free

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The tendency of universities to have as many faculty members as possible be adjuncts (who receive lower pay and/or benefits, lack tenure, etc).

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“[...] but I especially favor it when one looks at the adjunctification of the profesoriate (now 400,000 adjuncts across the country [...])”

“Among the responses by full-time faculty to the problem of adjunctification is a line of argument that I find⟳ rather curious. It goes something like⟳ this: grant that the abuse of adjuncts is unfortunate (which concession is often accompanied by the disclaimer that there is nothing we can do about the low pay⟳ and lack of benefits), the system is a meritocracy and those who are truly worthy do end⟳ up on the tenure track.”

“I have⟳ in mind⟳ here, of course, the classic victim of adjunctification: the person who finished a PhD at great financial and emotional expense, would have⟳ been willing to go anywhere for a tenuretrack job, [...]”

“Yet the adjunctification of part of the management faculty raises some concerns.”

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