Adjuncts Have Fewer Options Than Grad Students at University of Missouri

by Carl Kenney Adjunct professors are often treated like Walmart employees. At Walmart, those pulling the strings are most concerned with making money. Consumers flood the retail giant because of   those amazing low prices. “Always low tuition” is the desired slogan of your favorite university. Higher education feels more like Wall Street than a community concerned with preparing young people for the future. Education isn’t what it used to be. Early retirement, state cutbacks, bigger stadiums and capital campaigns have become buzzwords that label most colleges and universities. As an adjunct professor, I often feel like one of those […]