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Re:Ban on Tenure for New Faculty Hires Passes Texas Senate by gammarator on Friday April 21, 2023 @05:36PM (#35660541)
My own hypothesis is that many adjuncts work under such poor conditions due to an irrational belief that it will lead to a tenure track position some day. Without that carrot the whole market destabilizes.

Tenure is the key incentive in the academic tournament model. Other fields that do “out or up” (consulting, Big Law) offer major $$$ to the winners.

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Re:Ban on Tenure for New Faculty Hires Passes Texas Senate by musicale on Friday April 21, 2023 @08:46PM (#35662158)
I think this may actually be good for adjuncts, since the imaginary tenure possibility you describe can no longer trick them into accepting lower pay.

Adjunct salaries might have to rise, would make UT more attractive to adjuncts.

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