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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's also a fairly parasitical arrangement.  A majority of adjuncts are married women who are told that they're trading flexibility for low wages.  They can afford to take these jobs because they are married to someone whose job includes health insurance for the family.  So essentially the other employer is subsidizing the university by providing health insurance for the university's underpaid employees who are not provided benefits.  
Unpaid internships allow companies to get free labor,  subsidized by mom and dad.
Abysmal walmart wages allow companies to get close to free labor, subsidized by yours and my tax dollars, which pay for the employee's medicaid, EBT, etc.
Corporations are getting wealthy off of American taxpayer's backs, and the only reason this is sustainable is because someone else is paying the bill.
The real cost of an adjunct is actually significantly higher than what the university pays this individual, particularly in high cost of living areas where the adjunct could not afford rent or a mortgage without the spouse's wages, and spouse's company's contribution to those living costs.
It's "funny money," and an illusion, but one which universities are very invested in maintaining.[/quote]

Not just adjuncts. I worked for a university for @ a year after graduating from grad school. Most of the line staff were also graduates from my same program. Almost everyone was married; those that weren't were getting help from their parents. Our spouses / family members were providing their salaries and health insurance, indirectly subsidizing the university. We all realized it and discussed it.[/quote]

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