tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8180777502351960902..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Good News / Bad News. "Hey, Adjuncts Are Good. Give Us Some More of That!"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82891976941104894912014-01-04T09:35:47.201-05:002014-01-04T09:35:47.201-05:00I still can't get my head around why a writer ...I still can't get my head around why a writer would feel the need to use the actual word 'compared' after a comparitive adjective. "Students learned more . . . as compared with those . . ." is now more better (heh) than simply "students learned more . . . THAN those . . ."? Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25405416742293721222013-09-11T12:40:58.014-04:002013-09-11T12:40:58.014-04:00Amen, Ana Thyrosis. Amen, Ana Thyrosis. BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31853015597558226542013-09-10T14:09:25.016-04:002013-09-10T14:09:25.016-04:00I also like that it's adjuncts vs tenured AND ...I also like that it's adjuncts vs tenured AND tenure-track combined: a tenured prof with at least 5 or 6 years experience totally should be lumped together with a just-out-of-grad-school newbie who knows she will be fired in a couple years if that book doesn't get written and if she doesn't stay "collegial."<br /><br />I hope all administrators (particularly my dean, who Ana Thyrosishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381573932405845715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4623322389121678502013-09-10T09:29:59.790-04:002013-09-10T09:29:59.790-04:00Yeah, and it's really great for the student wh...Yeah, and it's really great for the student when they want to take another class from that adjunct but can't because the adjunct has been canned, or they want a recommendation a couple of years down the road and can't find the adjunct, or when they do get a recommendation and the snobs on a grad school committee dismiss it because it's from "just an adjunct." It's Frog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60890655625337436152013-09-10T07:32:57.055-04:002013-09-10T07:32:57.055-04:00And Stella nails it. It's in the uni's be...And Stella nails it. It's in the uni's best interest to say that its slave labor is better for students. Bonus points for its attempt to pit adjuncts against the tenured. <br /><br />Well played, Satan. Well played. Great Lakes Gretahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08101613060478193833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-6399896833085438822013-09-09T21:43:11.669-04:002013-09-09T21:43:11.669-04:00More cutting edge reporting from the chronicle and...More cutting edge reporting from the chronicle and real revolutionary scholarship from the social sciences. Is this funded by the Koch brothers?<br /><br />In related news, sometimes wolves will gnaw off their own paws to escape traps. And zombies like brains.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25671783909889417342013-09-09T19:59:52.709-04:002013-09-09T19:59:52.709-04:00Ah, good old Northwestern University, just outside...Ah, good old Northwestern University, just outside of Chicago, IL, where I learned what it is like to be taken advantage of economically. Talk about deep learning!Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84506457117555924072013-09-09T19:42:20.258-04:002013-09-09T19:42:20.258-04:00The researchers found "strong and consist...<i>The researchers found "strong and consistent evidence that Northwestern faculty outside of the tenure system outperform tenure track/tenured professors in introductory undergraduate classrooms," wrote David N. Figlio, director of Northwestern's Institute for Policy Research; Morton O. Schapiro, the university's president; and Kevin B. Soter, an StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40558884363831907572013-09-09T19:02:55.958-04:002013-09-09T19:02:55.958-04:00No kidding! Adjuncts HAVE to be better than tenur...No kidding! Adjuncts HAVE to be better than tenure track, they're expendable!<br /><br />The helotization of higher education will continue until the supply of Ph. D.s is lower than the demand.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08119100121479821544noreply@blogger.com