Professor X Discusses Higher Education from an Adjunct's Perspective

In the new book, In the Basement of the Ivory Tower, an anonymous English adjunct faculty member presents a critical view of academic life.  As noted in the New York Times book review, "To teach a rising tide of students, colleges have increasingly turned to adjuncts, holders of advanced degrees who are lured in by the prestige of college teaching, hired on a piecework basis, paid low wages and shut out of academic decision-making."  Professor X is particularly caustic in his discussion of undergraduates unable to produce college-level work:  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/01/books/review/book-review-in-the-basement-of-the-ivory-tower-by-professor-x.html