July 25, 2003

Do Adjuncts Have Time for Students?

By JILL CARROLL

Contractual status has little to do with whether a faculty member is committed in the classroom

In last month's column, I wrote about the mistaken assumption in academe that adjuncts are people who weren't good enough to land a tenure-track job. This month, let me take on another common assertion -- that adjunct faculty members compromise the quality of higher education today because of the very nature of our jobs.

Several readers have made this case to me in recent weeks.

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