Question

at a community college outside phoenix, adjunct instructors had long been hired semester by semester, excluded from department meetings, and given no say in curriculum. after accreditation reviewers criticized the arrangement, the college granted multi - year contracts and voting rights, a shift meant to ____ adjuncts as colleagues rather than disposable stopgaps.
3 mark for review
which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
a deploy
b esteem
c monitor
d reassign

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A "deploy" means to use or utilize, which doesn't fit the context of viewing adjuncts as colleagues.
• Option B "esteem" means to regard or consider (someone) in a particular way. The college's shift is to regard adjuncts as colleagues, which fits logically.
• Option C "monitor" means to observe or check, which is irrelevant to the context of viewing adjuncts as colleagues.
• Option D "reassign" means to assign (someone) to a different post or task, which doesn't match the meaning of regarding adjuncts as colleagues.

Answer:

B. esteem