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> yes, it's not great for a career, but neither is flipping burgers. If the candidates were told this, I'd be fine. (I can easily imagine a world where most t
by danielweber 12y ago
> yes, it's not great for a career, but neither is flipping burgers.
If the candidates were told this, I'd be fine. (I can easily imagine a world where most teachers happily work for low wages, because they've already done their primary career and are now retired, but are staying active in the community and passing on their knowledge.)
But lots of these candidates were lied to and told things like "there are a lot of professors retiring soon, so new spots will open up, so you can teach for a few years and then be ready to grab those spots." Meanwhile the full professors are making six figures and stringing along the adjuncts with promises of tenure, some day.
- markhahn 12y agoNo, I don't believe incoming grad students would be told an outlandish lie like that. People in academia are extremely aware of how low the rate of "job creation" is. Profs are quite honest with grad students, since the supervising relationship is quite familial and personal. (Less so for coursework-only MS programs, of course.) You also don't seem to understand tenure progression. An adjunct isn't tenure track: this is explicit from the beginning. Anyone hired on tenure track has a "tenure clock" during which they have to qualify (basically, publish enough good papers). Typically about 5 years, and if they don't make it, they're gone.