Overuse and Abuse of Adjuncts Threaten Core Academic Values

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<p>One man’s response to what’s become an exploitative system.</p>

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Daniel Fincke’s story about being an adjunct professor isn’t unique – at least not the first part. He spent 11 years teaching at and countless hours commuting to and from various institutions in and around New York City, for low pay and no job security. Years on the tenure-track market yielded no offers. And, like so many others in the same position, he wanted out. </p>

<p>But here’s where Fincke’s story diverges from the common narrative: Saying he can’t stay in a labor system he doesn’t believe in, and that he’s eager for new challenges, he’s publicly announced that he’s leaving academe – but not for a steady gig in another sector. Instead, he plans to expand his online, interactive philosophy course offerings and philosophical advising business. It’s a leap of faith of sorts for the ethicist and Nietzsche specialist, but he said it was simply time to move on.

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<p>Read more: [Why</a> one adjunct gave up on college teaching and created his own business | Inside Higher Ed](<a href=“http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/01/16/why-one-adjunct-gave-college-teaching-and-created-his-own-business#ixzz2qZHugBb7]Why”>http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/01/16/why-one-adjunct-gave-college-teaching-and-created-his-own-business#ixzz2qZHugBb7)
Inside Higher Ed</p>