The CARES Act Guarantees Adjuncts $600 per Week Unemployment Through July 2020
by Adam Raimond Cynthia Vacca Davis has taught as an adjunct writing instructor in Virginia for 11 years. When asked whether she intended to apply for unemployment this summer she said, “I do plan to apply, but I have no idea how it will turn out!” Ivona Maric teaches mathematics at a college in central Ohio. Like Davis, Maric expects to apply for unemployment for the summer and, perhaps, even the Fall. “I will have [apply for unemployment] with the way things are looking for the summer (all online, limited number of sections, taken up by FT faculty) and it […]