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Trends toward non-tenure-track faculty at the University, across the nation
By Maddy Weingast | April 1, 2014Employment of adjunct professors is on the rise at universities across the nation, and concern about the effect of this new hiring model on the university is on the rise as well. Bethany Nowviskie Director of Digital Research and Scholarship and Chair of the General Faculty Council, acknowledged the trend both at the Universty and across the naiton.
![“[Posse and QuestBridge] are national programs that are designed to attract high achieving low-income students,” said Dean of Admissions Greg Roberts. “Each year we enroll about 10 of each, so that’s 20 out of an entire class. These are two programs which are designed to help us identify, attract and enroll high achieving students from underrepresented [populations] who have overcome great obstacles.”](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/cav/050d78ec-4710-4628-b2db-92075c10a946.sized-1000x1000.jpg?w=1000&ar=4%3A3&fit=crop&crop=faces&facepad=3&auto=format)
