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Stephen Downes

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I thought at first that this would be an article by and for professors bemoaning how badly they've been treated, but in fact it looks at the academic profession from the perspective of an outsider, that is, from the perspective of the many who obtained their PhDs and didn't have the luck or connections to latch onto a proper teaching and research position at a college or university. And yes, ultimately, I think that academia's decision to hand over the bulk of teaching durites to underpaid and poorly treated adjuncts will come back to haunt it.

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