[lbo-talk] Growing moderatism in academia

Jim Farmelant farmelantj at juno.com
Fri Jul 4 03:26:23 PDT 2008


On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:45:41 -0700 Joanna <123hop at comcast.net> writes:
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/arts/03camp.html?em&ex=1215316800&en=5e 228fa7931e1723&ei=5087%0A
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> Joanna

As Louis Proyect has suggested, we shouldn't ignore the fact that university faculties increasingly consist of adjunct professors, most of whom will never get tenure. That is something that is likely to discourage most people from taking outspoken political positions that might be detrimental to their continued employment in academia.

Jim F.

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