“If adjuncts were birds, they would be fighting the drag of the air, exerting bursts of energy again and again and again.” Forty years ago, about 75% of faculty members were either tenured or in the tenure stream. Today 75% of the faculty hold adjunct or fixed-term status. Thea Hunter was one of the many. Read more in Adam Harris’ sobering narrative from The Atlantic.
PERSPECTIVES: Plight of Adjuncts Personalized In Thea Hunter’s Story
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