Nothing, I was pointing out that what you're describing is a lecturer, not an adjunct. The word "adjunct" describes the relationship between the worker and the institution, not the worker's CV.
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People who adjunct *want* to teach as a rule or they'd do literally anything else, because the pay is awful and the working relationship is exploitative.
I don't think either "lecturer" or "adjunct" have as consistent of a definition as you think. My sense is that you're envisioning a tenure-eligible permanent position that only requires teaching and doesn't require a PhD. That describes "lecturer" only at some institutions.
Yes, "adjunct" describes the employment relationship, "lecturer" is a position. What I meant to point out is that, if 70% of [whatever you want to call university teachers] are adjunct, that means only 30% of professors have any sort of job security beyond the next few months.
Which is a separate thing entirely from "most [whatever you want to call university teachers] don't need PhDs to teach undergrads," a statement I would broadly agree with (with a couple caveats).
Okay. I'm telling you that in my experience that definition of lecturer is not universal, so I used adjunct as shorthand for "teaching only", even though the "no permanent employment relationship" is also obviously part of the equation there.
Now that you can quibble that adjunct necessarily means no tenure or consistent work, but the broader point I was making is that it's fine to have a separate role in a university for people who only teach. Not every position has to be an assistant prof., which is a wish I often see from academics.
Interesting, I’ve considered adjunct like a part timer. They can be pushed to the line of a full timer but the organization doesn’t have to give nor promise them anything more than a paycheck.
There's two pieces to adjunct. That's one of them. The other is "you're just here to teach, we're not interested in any of your research". In some institutions (like my undergrad), there are full-time, tenure-eligible positions like that as well, and they're called lecturer.
But that's not universal, and I've seen lecturer used with different meanings quite a lot. I believe at British universities it just means assistant professor.
So I'm saying "adjunct", but really only referencing the second part of that -- you're here to teach.
Sure, but then they would have to actually get paid a salary commensurate with their education and experience and not be contract workers, which universities are loathe to do. That's why they hire contingent faculty, even at liberal arts colleges.
College teachers should organize themselves so that they have, at minimum, the same qualifications, job security protections, and pay as high school teachers.
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I think my second post makes it clear that I meant the same kind of job you (apparently?) do.
https://bsky.app/profile/johnbrownstan.bsky.social/post/3l3v6dfmhuf2l
So I'm saying "adjunct", but really only referencing the second part of that -- you're here to teach.