It's not just tenure, it's benefits. Many institutions are keeping junior staff part-time. Not only is the pay worse; you get no benefits. This is not a reci

It's not just tenure, it's benefits. Many institutions are keeping junior staff part-time. Not only is the pay worse; you get no benefits. This is not a recipe for social stability, e.g. enabling staff to raise families, etc. When the system goes this far, I'm sorry, but I have no other word for it than "exploitative". (This is without delving into the topic of student debt, etc.) P.S. And many people spend an inordinate amount of time commuting between multiple part-time instruction gigs.