General Discussion

Professorship ain't what it was like 1 or 2 generations ago. In my circle of friends and colleagues anyway, the idea of tenure is the remotest of possibilities. All the universities in my area have been loading up on "adjunct" professors and they are very poorly paid, with minimal benefits if any. An undergrad student might make it through 8 semesters never seeing a full tenured professor more than a few times.

And as others have noted, adjunct professors are in no position to be doing any grooming. The ones I know have several jobs to cobble together a living. And that is ironic because tuition just keeps shooting up.