'The Great Shame of Our Profession'
FWIW, adjunct professors I know have been corroborating this for awhile. Also note that conservative politicians in the U.S. are increasingly applying ideological pressure on academic research, and also as government budgets are cut, more is funded by private interests looking for particular results. Adjuncts have little power to protect themselves and the integrity of their work.<p>Finally, looking at the political situation in much of the developed world, you wouldn&#x27;t be surprised by the fact that the study of the humanities (and social sciences) has declined; perhaps we need to invest more in it.