Article: Non-Tenured Faculty, Poverty & Unions in the U.S.

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Mary-Faith Cerasoli has been reduced to “sleeping in her car, showering at college athletic centers and applying for food stamps,” The New York Times recently reported. Is she unemployed? No, in fact, she is a college professor— but an adjunct one, meaning she is hired on a short-term contract with no possibility of tenure.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/04/the-adjunct-professor-crisis/361336/