by Brian Cole
In her 17 years as a U.S. and California state History adjunct, Jean Culp experienced first-hand the hardships of being a part-timer on the campus of Citrus Community College. Among them were low pay, the lack of medical benefits, strict limits on course loads, and having to share a 10 x 12 foot office space with almost four hundred of her part-time faculty colleagues. But her passion for teaching has kept her at the southern California community college.
“I love being in the classroom,” she said. “I am dedicated at what the community college is doing in America: creating opportunity.”
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