The article presents a compelling narrative of systemic exploitation within NYU's academic structure, employing a “motte-and-bailey” strategy to frame the dispute as a simple matter of fair compensation versus administrative intransigence. The “casualization” of the faculty is not presented as a neutral trend, but as a deliberate policy stemming from John Sexton’s “hyperchange” vision and subsequent capitulation to market forces, implicitly accusing the administration of prioritizing brand prest...