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I agree. There are advantages and disadvantages in using adjuncts - for the college, for the adjuncts, and for the students. But there are also advantages and disadvantages in regard to the regular tenured faculty. </p>
<p>Having been an adjunct for years, it doesn’t concern me if S has some during his experience (in fact he already has). OTOH, I did look at each school to which he applied to see what the overall ratio of Adjunct/Total faculty was, as I feel that an overuse of adjuncts such as is common in our local community colleges is exploitative and doesn’t give the departments any sense of cohesion. What does it mean to have gone to School X if the only thing students there have in common is the walls and floors? </p>
<p>Op, I suggest looking at the overall percentage of part time faculty and if the schools you are looking at are all similar then it becomes a non-issue. If there is a huge discrepancy with one school, then I would want to consider that further.</p>