Good Thing They Don’t Do This With Police Officers (*Oh Wait)

For years now, colleges have found that hiring less-expensive adjunct instructors provides the same great level of education as full-time faculty:

A computer science lab instructor at La Guardia Community College has been charged with taking payments of cash or liquor from students to alter their grades, prosecutors said yesterday. The instructor, Elvin Escano, 46, of Glendale, is charged with taking payments ranging from $200 to $2,500 from 2004 until September, said Richard A. Brown, the Queens district attorney.

*See, for example.