Expedient appreciated by bored pupils? (5-4)
I believe the answer is:
short-term
'expedient' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
I don't understand the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for short-term that I've seen before include "Not lasting long" , "Concerned only with the immediate future" , "Concerned with the near future" , "Not concerned with long timescales" , "Not long-lasting" .)