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.
which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
(answer : b)
a deploy
b esteem
c monitor
d reassign

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze the context. The college's shift (granting contracts, voting rights) is to view adjuncts as colleagues, not disposable. "Esteem" means to regard highly or respect, fitting the idea of seeing them as colleagues. "Deploy" (use for a task), "monitor" (observe), "reassign" (move to new role) don't fit the context of regarding as colleagues.

Answer:

B. esteem