Affordable Care Act

Oregon House Bill Would Require State to Pay 90 Percent of Health Care Premiums for Adjuncts

From the Summary of Oregon House Bill 4146: Provides that part-time faculty member at public institution of higher education who qualifies for health care benefits will pay 10 percent of insurance premiums for employee coverage. Requires state to pay for remaining costs of insurance premiums...

Ivy Tech Community College Blames Affordable Care Act for "Shortage" of Adjunct Faculty

by Seth Schlabaugh Ivy Tech Community College is experiencing a shortage of adjunct faculty linked to the Affordable Care Act, aka ObamaCare. “We know that in some areas, that’s a.

New Rules Define Workload of Part-Time College Instructors

by Nick Anderson New rules for the Affordable Care Act spell out for the first time a federal method to define the workload of part-time college instructors, but the formula will.

In Texas, College Officials Claim PTer Health Care Too Costly—Cut Course Loads Instead

By David Crowder The figures aren’t in yet and it’s a story that is just starting to be told: full-time workers forced into part-time work and part- timers’ hours cut sharply because of the Affordable Care Act. Standing behind the cash register, the manager of...

Faculty Senate Calls for College's Adjuncts To Be Paid A "Living Wage"

by H. Teague Faculty Senates have typically excluded non-tenured faculty. In fact, Faculty Senates have remained bastions of privilege, as an AdjunctNation feature article revealed. In 2005, the Iowa State.

PTers Pursuing Unemployment in Work-For-Hire States

by Carol Biliczky April Freely’s part-time teaching job at the University of Akron ended in May. So she did the previously unthinkable: She filed for unemployment compensation. She’s among a.