Chapter . Low-paid Adjunct Professors Struggle to Make Ends Meet

According to the video, what proportion of college and university faculty currently are “adjuncts”?

80%

20%

50%

60%

According to the video, what proportion of college and university faculty were tenured or tenure-track in 1970?

80%

20%

50%

60%

According to the video, a positive result of increased reliance on adjunct faculty is _____, while one negative result is _____.

increased salaries for regular faculty; low graduation rates

lower tuition rates; higher expenditures on public assistance

low tuition rates; low graduation rates

increased salaries for regular faculty; higher expenditures on public assistance

The “oversupply” of people with Ph.D. degrees is an example of a market ____, likely caused in part by _____.

shortage; increased demand

shortage; decreased supply

surplus; increased supply

surplus; increased demand

On a graph of the supply and demand of Ph.D. labor, people holding Ph.D.s represent:

The labor market.

Labor demand.

The equilibrium quantity.

Labor supply.

On a graph of the supply and demand of Ph.D. labor, people holding Ph.D.s who drop out of the market because of low wages are an example of:

A leftward shift of the labor supply curve.

A rightward shift of the labor supply curve.

Movement along the labor supply curve to the right.

Movement along the labor supply curve to the left.