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		analog31 on Feb 23, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind accept... Are adjuncts counted as faculty? We were not when I was one. This could just be a classification problem. I might go even further and suggest that the problem is trying to figure out how a university works by counting job titles.

MITSardine on Feb 23, 2025 [–]

My university only has 6% faculty, but 52% scientific staff overall, not counting graduate students. I do believe this is a classification issue coupled with the appearance and now ubiquity of precarious positions (soft-funded staff, postdocs).

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