These conditions undermine the teaching profession and erode the quality of education. Part-timer's Issues Take Center Stage. On Campus , p. 6, 13. There are brief descriptions of rallies and conferences. Lobbying activity is described.
Note is taken of California legislation mandating payment for office hours held by part-timers.
How to Make a Ph. D. Matter. New York Times Magazine , p. 79-81. Professor Menand reproduces the market argument without documenting the extensive references to numbers. He argues that the solution to the problem is to eliminate the Ph. D. as a research degree and to give many more of them for people to use in non-academic settings. He seems upset that it takes so long to get a Ph. D. 137.