Equal Rights Legislation for Adjuncts

To the Editor:
I enjoyed Keith Hoeller’s article “Equal Rights Legislation for Adjunct Professors” online (Adjunct Advocate, January/February 2007). I work as an adjunct faculty member for three different colleges. To make ends meet I get what I can in contracts. One school, Central Texas College has actually cut back on the number of courses I teach because they hired a glut of instructors. Instead of rewarding the three years I have taught there, they are cutting back my hours.

They do not provide anything close to health benefits. I buy my own health insurance. Very pricey.

Quite simply, I am a migrant worker who picks up the bones thrown to me by exploitative colleges.

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