Youngstown State University

25 Years Without a Raise at Youngstown State U? Here’s Why

by P.D. Lesko Since 1991, Youngstown State University in Ohio has paid its 600 or so non-tenured instructors who hold master’s degrees $800 per credit hour, equal to $2,400 per three-credit course. Those with Ph.D.s earn $1,050 per credit hour, or $3,150 per three-credit course. It has been a quarter...

More Colleges Cut Adjunct Hours to Potentially Avoid Health Coverage Under Obamacare

by Sy Mukherjee Four public colleges and universities — Florida’s Palm Beach State College, Pennsylvania’s Community College of Allegheny County, Ohio’s Youngstown State University, and New Jersey’s Kean University —.

Combat Administrative Bloat: Require Public Colleges to Spend 80% of Revenues on Instruction

by P.D. Lesko One college president told the local newspaper that his college was lowering the number of hours per week adjunct faculty could teach from 30 to 29 for.