To Many Adjunct Professors, Academic Freedom Is a Myth

By ALISON SCHNEIDER

As the ranks of part-timers swell, they lament how easily colleges can dump them

Here's a news flash for people who care about academic freedom:

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Half the professoriate does not have it.

Adjuncts are getting dumped

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