It is not often that a paper in an academic journal makes headline news, but recently, one in the Journal of Business Ethics has done just that. In their article, “Estimating the Cost of Justice for Adjuncts: A Case Study in University Business Ethics,” Jason Brennan of the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University and Phillip Magness of George Mason University calculate the cost to American universities of paying their adjunct faculty members a just wage. The article has set off firestorms of debate.
Character (Still) Counts: Moral Injury and the Case for Character Education
Many academic leaders remember the Character Counts! initiative from the 1990s and early 2000s. It was visible in schools and youth programs nationwide, emphasizing as core values the Six Pillars
Teresa Maggard Stephens
June 15, 2026
