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I don't see how the status quo of adjunct professors can meaningfully change so long as a lot of other status quos stay intacts. We're shoving objectively stup
by TheOperator 7y ago
I don't see how the status quo of adjunct professors can meaningfully change so long as a lot of other status quos stay intacts. We're shoving objectively stupid people through higher ed courses which are not designed to teach kids skills that could finance the cost of said education. There is a NEED for schools to shovel out low-cost low-quality brick and mortar education to meet the demand for degrees that can allow you to have an actual careers. Universites have long stopped being primarily about education or teaching you practical skills and they're now primarily about certification. Thus adjunct professors.
So long as the brick and mortar university remains a sacred cow I cannot see the needle moving more than slightly. The current education system is so batshit yet so entrenched into society it will take decades to resolve the issues. You can't just moralize about how adjunct professors DESERVE more and expect the situation to resolve itself when universities deliver less value every year. Its literally not possible to take the status quo, replace the adjunct professors with full paid ones and have the system be fiscally viable. University provides too little value for the students or greater society to tolerate such costs.
Adjunct professors are a symptom of a greater sickness.