The misinformation about adjuncts is pretty widespread. Adjuncts have indeed been hired way more at teaching colleges and for-profit colleges. But research universities haven&#x27;t really changed their hiring tendencies much, if at all. It&#x27;s just that there are a lot more non-R1 universities now that statistically, a higher % of new instructors are adjuncts.<p>Nearly everyone I know that graduated with a PhD from an R1 universities, and was what I considered reasonably good (they were not complete goof-offs and were serious about their work) got good tenure-track positions 0-2 years after graduating.