adjunct faculty pay

Eating Well in Academe

In an era when college tuition increases outpace the rate of inflation and universities continue to rely heavily on the part-time professors who routinely make up 40 percent or more of their collective faculties, it’s alarming, if not surprising, to discover that the ten top-earning...

Temptation

by P.D. Lesko THE QUESTION WAS thorny: How could California community college part-time and full-time faculty pay be equalized? The answer was an elegant and simple idea for equity: earmark.

An Offer They Can Refuse

by Chris Cumo Chuck Whitten never expected to be in the eye of a hurricane. A 25-year broadcast journalist, he had come to the College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California as.

Peg Adjunct Per Course Pay to Local Cost of Living? Well, D’uh!

by P.D. Lesko I recently read this great opinion piece by Julien Berman published in the Harvard Crimson. Titled "Adjuncts: The Faculty Underclass," I expected it to be the same old tired arguments in favor of breathing, clean water and, yes, the need to treat...

UC Lecturers Reach New Contract Agreement

University of California lecturers will no longer strike after coming to a tentative agreement with the UC on contract negotiations Wednesday. The University Council-American Federation of Teachers and the UC.

Adjunct Activist Says: Peralta Comm. College Union Claim of “Equal Pay for Equal Work” Contract for PTers is “Slick PR.”

Editor: Wondering about the difference between pay equity and pay parity? Read “Parity” versus “Equity”: Why You Should Know the Diff, Bro. by Keith Hoeller Congratulations on a great press.

Proposed “College for All” Would Be a Disaster For Adjunct Professors

by Jack Longmate Several years ago, when I learned that Olympic College in Bremerton, Washington, was about to develop a strategic plan and vision for its future, I was hopeful that the endeavor would shine a light on the bifurcated two-tier faculty workforce and the...

In Chicago, a Resolution Calling for Equal Pay for Adjunct Faculty Comes to the City Council Table

The 1,000-plus adjunct faculty members working in the City Colleges of Chicago are demanding a living wage, saying they currently earn about half the amount of full-time professors despite teaching.

Columbia College Overpaid 14 Adjuncts. Now, the College Wants Its Money Back

One unassuming day, Kayli Plotner picked up the phone when she realized a Chicago number had been trying to reach her. It was a payroll officer from Columbia who told her.

Adjuncts Get Pay Raise — First In Seven Years

Increases in tuition and adjunct faculty pay have been approved by Muskegon Community College trustees, who warned that because of budget constraints faculty should not be expecting any pay raises. A 4.7 percent tuition increase plus an additional $7 per contact hour fee were approved...