“…(p. 1147)The financial considerations fueling this trend are not undermined by research indicating that standing faculty are more committed to teaching and are better at student retention (Eagan & Jaeger, 2008). The new market logic prioritizing the attitude that “the customer is always right” takes succor from research indicating that there is no difference between standing and nonstanding faculty in how they get evaluated by students (Thyer, Myers, & Nugent, 2011). Thus, an increasing proportion of a curriculum, especially the practice-related portion of it, is taught by part-time or adjunct instructors (Fagan-Wilen, Springer, Ambrosino, & White, 2006; Noble, 2000; Stoesz, Karger, & Carrilio, 2010).…”