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To the Editor:

I feel academically compelled to respond to comments reported in Robin Wilson's article "Citing 'Crisis' in Job Market, M.L.A. Urges Changes in Graduate Education" (January 9). However, I will refrain from denigrating the expertise of my peers, colleagues, and fellow members of the association in the way that I feel Marc Bousquet did his by referring to adjuncts as "non-degreed labor."

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