Source: The Underrepresented Majority: Adjunct Professors’ Fight Continues After New Contract — The Excelsior

To summarize the main problem with higher education, he wrote: “Teaching in the U.S. is unfortunately no longer a high-status occupation.”
Of course, adjuncts agree with this sentiment. “The real attention has to be why we’re not already getting paid more; the fact the union has to fight for us in the first place.” Ruebenson said. “Why can’t professors expect to have a higher quality of life?”