If not saturation then its the desire of the majority of people in these positions to work part time. The median income is still very high for this type of work. [1].  Read the links within the link provided.<p>Do note that there good numbers of those classified as Adjunct who are former retirees who purposefully work small loads and many in the humanities already knew their course of study had little to no bearing outside of academia which increased competition for what spots there were.<p>The only issue I have found that is truly actionable for people in this position is having to attend mandatory meetings and such without guarantee of pay which I cannot imagine is remotely legal.<p>If you are a parent or student and don&#x27;t like the situation then ask the schools you plan to attend how they are performing in this area. It won&#x27;t change unless students stop attending schools which rely on it.<p>Finally the costs of secondary educations are going to come down and this will put even more downward pressure on wages and have colleges and such refrain from tenure track employment. The reason it all came into being is that colleges felt price pressure and had no mean of cutting the tenure levels and worse bloated up non teaching jobs.<p>[1] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mattbruenig.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;12&#x2F;04&#x2F;what-does-the-national-data-say-about-adjuncts&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;mattbruenig.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;12&#x2F;04&#x2F;what-does-the-national-dat...</a>