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As a student, or parent, knowing that many universities are paying their adjunct instructors poorly meaning the instructors are turning their classes into popul
by webhat 12y ago
As a student, or parent, knowing that many universities are paying their adjunct instructors poorly meaning the instructors are turning their classes into popularity contests - by inflating grades and making the class 'easy' - to ensure that they have a job next year would worry me. I interpret it to mean that a degree from some 'reputable' universities might be as good as one of the degree mill universities. My hope is that this will worry people who are taking on huge debts for degrees which might turn out to be worthless.
The adjuncts in the article and the ones that have recently been in the news, such as the homeless professor in the NYT, are the tip of the iceberg. And without adjuncts talking about it in the open nobody would know.
The kind of behavior change you are suggesting doesn't happen overnight, and certainly doesn't happen without there being viable alternatives. This is why we are trying to create a viable alternative.
- crpatino 12y agoI do not know if this will "worry people", but I am already worried and planning accordingly. I send my kids to private school (strong academic quality, not overly posh) in order to give them a good foundation to start from, but the assumption is that there wont be a "college fund" and they might end up going to the State University if (a) they get a full scholarship (not the credit sham that passes for it nowadays) or, (b) they get their act together as young business man and pay full tuition on their own. My wife knows how I feel about this and is fully on board, while my parents and in-laws think that I am a cheap bastard. Being children, I have not yet discussed this with them. However, I plan to have this topic fully explored with each of them well in advance of their freshman year on high school.