How nutty adjuncts are slipping into local colleges

The New York Post reports:

The CUNY system is under state control, with the governor appointing the majority of its board. And rather than giving Isaacson the boot, he ­remains on paid leave.

Several CUNY veterans outlined how out-there instructors can get in the door, describing a process that can be overly bureaucratic and politically correct when it comes to permanent faculty, but lax in the hiring of temporary adjuncts.

The CUNY system has for years relied on an army of lower-cost adjuncts — currently 12,500 out of an overall teaching staff of about 20,000 — who are paid far less than permanent faculty and don’t have the same benefits. The adjuncts get about $3,500 per four-month course.

Adjunct lecturers need no more than a bachelor’s degree, but anyone with the title of adjunct professor is required to have a Ph.D.

CUNY really is , now, an overrated rip-off.