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Doctor_J

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8. agreed. And, as an offshoot, teachers in general

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Sun Sep 6, 2015, 10:01 AM

Sep 2015

And how pretty much every professional is treated these days

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Sunday's Doonesbury- Day Laborers [View all] n2doc Sep 2015 OP

''Outside the Gates...'' Octafish Sep 2015 #1

Octafish, we've been saying that for YEARS. raven mad Sep 2015 #51

Serfs. Controlled. Yep. nt SusanCalvin Sep 2015 #53

The higher ed system in the US is fundamentally flawed oberliner Sep 2015 #2

The one percent and their whores in government have turned it into a commodity Doctor_J Sep 2015 #3

Exactly, Dr. J. raven mad Sep 2015 #69

It is a statement about how adjunct Profs are treated n/t n2doc Sep 2015 #5

No it's not oberliner Sep 2015 #6

We will just have to disagree n2doc Sep 2015 #7

Um...I thought this one was obvious. Chan790 Sep 2015 #11

You missed it oberliner Sep 2015 #15

Do you understand that comic artists use metaphors? spooky3 Sep 2015 #20

Next you're going to tell me that the Jim Crow character isn't a literal crow! Orrex Sep 2015 #24

I hope you're sitting down... spooky3 Sep 2015 #36

Why is this level of genius being wasted here? JackRiddler Sep 2015 #45

Thanks oberliner Sep 2015 #47

You're kidding, right? paleotn Sep 2015 #46

Hmmm oberliner Sep 2015 #48

Seems to me the point is that adjunct professors are treated like day laborers. Fozzledick Sep 2015 #60

That's what makes it satire ... eppur_se_muova Sep 2015 #50

It is showing how adjunct faculty are essentially spooky3 Sep 2015 #12

^^^^^^ this (nt) sunnystarr Sep 2015 #61

It can't be both? daleanime Sep 2015 #16

It is both. GoneFishin Sep 2015 #19

exactly what I was about to say. marym625 Sep 2015 #41

The point is that people with PhDs who dom't. Get tenore at. Colleges or universities are treated JDPriestly Sep 2015 #17

A small point but spooky3 Sep 2015 #21

So wrong Brainstormy Sep 2015 #25

And I have been a faculty member and at times, spooky3 Sep 2015 #32

Actually, adjuncts are usually hired on specifically to do research. GoCubsGo Sep 2015 #26

At our college and the surrounding ones "adjunct" is just an umbrella term for part time teacher. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2015 #30

My point is that they are not simply (or not at all,for some people) faculty who didn't get tenure. spooky3 Sep 2015 #33

Right. GoCubsGo Sep 2015 #34

Agreed. spooky3 Sep 2015 #37

That adjuncts are not expected to do research does not justify paying them such low JDPriestly Sep 2015 #64

Nowhere did I argue that adjuncts are well paid. spooky3 Sep 2015 #71

Adjunct professors in this area make, maybe $10,000 per semester. And they carry 1monster Sep 2015 #31

It's directly about adjuncts and indirectly about day laborers brush Sep 2015 #44

OK fair enough oberliner Sep 2015 #49

EXACTLY, AND! (but) SusanCalvin Sep 2015 #54

agreed. And, as an offshoot, teachers in general Doctor_J Sep 2015 #8

And....... MyOwnPeace Sep 2015 #62

Yes. They are treated like crap in the quest for ever higher profits. It is both. GoneFishin Sep 2015 #18

i agree barbtries Sep 2015 #29

I was an adjunct professor at several colleges... StarzGuy Sep 2015 #42

me too before I got a full time gig. one of the places I adjuncted at had adjuncts Doctor_J Sep 2015 #74

Higher-ed is becoming a scam. Degrees are becoming more expensive and less valuable erronis Sep 2015 #9

Yes, I agree oberliner Sep 2015 #10

Bingo, at least in some cases. nt SusanCalvin Sep 2015 #55

Even as tuition increases at 2.5-3.0 times the rate of inflation, that money isn't going into tblue37 Sep 2015 #28

well said. Don't forget to bbgrunt Sep 2015 #35

Please make this an OP. nt SusanCalvin Sep 2015 #56

K&R abelenkpe Sep 2015 #4

3 Panel Soul did it years ago TlalocW Sep 2015 #13

Day Laborers.... ewagner Sep 2015 #23

And so did Trudeau himself TomVilmer Sep 2015 #27

FOUND IT - Trudeau did same story line in 1996 TomVilmer Sep 2015 #67

The Grapes of Wrath - 2015. lpbk2713 Sep 2015 #14

Really. SusanCalvin Sep 2015 #57

My take on this 1939 Sep 2015 #22

Eek, painfullly funny! nt Babel_17 Sep 2015 #38

Brilliant! cer7711 Sep 2015 #39

Hilarious colsohlibgal Sep 2015 #40

Another great Doonesbury strip Gothmog Sep 2015 #43

Disturbing The Jungle 1 Sep 2015 #52

Best case. SusanCalvin Sep 2015 #58

A job that destroys your body Fumesucker Sep 2015 #66

Correct The Jungle 1 Sep 2015 #68

Absolutely, regarding the retirement age. SusanCalvin Sep 2015 #72

Trade work can be as stressful as anything else Fumesucker Sep 2015 #73

Yea ok we just have a different overall view The Jungle 1 Sep 2015 #75

Education is about becoming the best and most well informed person you can be. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #65

Agreed The Jungle 1 Sep 2015 #70

Painful but true. Starry Messenger Sep 2015 #59

Look at all those "elitist liberals". salib Sep 2015 #63