i think a shift from tenured chairs to lots of low-paid, precarious adjuncts can be identified with a broader rise of neoliberal, corporate attitudes in the uni

i think a shift from tenured chairs to lots of low-paid, precarious adjuncts can be identified with a broader rise of neoliberal, corporate attitudes in the university. that and evaluating professors solely based on how much money they bring in, or on supposedly objective citation metrics. bringing "market forces" where they hadn't been previously.