Woman: As students we share one thing in common, the drive to get an education that will give us gainful employment when we graduate. What is ironic is that when we leave our schools with degree in hand, one of the worst job opportunities may just be the schools themselves.

You see, according to the February 5, 2006 Oregonian, over half of all of our nation's college and university faculty have little to no benefits and no job security. Why? Because the majority of our nation's instructors are adjuncts.

Presently there's a growing trend in academia where school administration systems looking to save money are sacrificing quality education by hiring multiple part-time instructors rather than offering full-time tenure track positions.

According to the US Department of Education, in the past six years more than 2/3 of new professors were hired as adjuncts. This educational phenomenon exploits a quality workforce and, due to job limitations of part-time instructors, results in an inferior education for their students.