I was just forwarded a great post by Marc Bousquet, where he links the adjunctification of higher ed faculty, the increased institutional reliance on student-workers, and the economic stimulus bill. He writes:
If things get worse, as seems likely, and if—as seems possible—education labor gets its act together, what is actually needed will become clear: full employment for educators and restrictions on student labor.
Is anyone who’s attended a faculty meeting in the past two decades will have observed: higher education is a lead “innovator” of the lousy forms of employment that have gutted the economy—permatemping of the faculty, outsourcing the staff, and myriad ways of extracting un- and under- compensated labor from students: internships, assistantships, financial aid, partnerships with local employers, service learning, etc, etc, etc. Thanks to quality management, it’s Nickel and Dimed everywhere you look–...
In a move reminiscent of 
After an exciting and eventful night, the NYU occupation continues into the morning. Negotiations are expected to take place all morning and likely into the afternoon.
The Occupation of NYU for a more affordable, democratic, and socially responsible university has been going on for nearly 24 hours.
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