Today’s word is “adjunctification.”
Adjunctification is the process by which the gig economy is imposed on America’s colleges and universities and turns formerly tenured professors and instructors into contingent workers. Adjuncts are the part-time component of this, earning a fraction of what full-time faculty earn and having few of the protections enjoyed by their tenured peers.
Adjuncts like me (I teach journalism) struggle to earn enough to cover our bills, including health insurance. We often do not know if or how many classes we will be teaching until shortly before classes begin. This devalues our work and creates a disparity among faculty.
