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23. Isn't the post about the exploitation and lack of job security of the adjuncts rather than . . .

Sat Mar 26, 2016, 09:25 AM

Mar 2016

professors being overpaid?

Been there and done that. Adjuncts, most highly credentialed, are grossly underpaid. From semester to semester or quarter to quarter you never know if enough students will register for your classes to be held. You only get paid if there is a class (no tenure), there are no benefits such as health insurance, retirement fund matching or anything like that.

Your classes may be hours apart and there is no office space so you have to figure out whether to leave campus and waste gas to come back later or try to kill time in your car or somewhere on campus.

Job security is tenuous at best. Hope the union movement for these highly qualified professionals succeeds.

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Adjunct professors unionize, revealing deeper malaise in higher ed [View all] unhappycamper Mar 2016 OP

You might find it hard to believe, but even unions have unions whathehell Mar 2016 #1

Third paragraph is foolish rpannier Mar 2016 #2

It's just typical broad-brushing of the demonization. MH1 Mar 2016 #3

Isn't the post about the exploitation and lack of job security of the adjuncts rather than . . . brush Mar 2016 #23

Academic life is very stressful... Helen Borg Mar 2016 #4

Often yanked away? rjsquirrel Mar 2016 #5

Yours is a strawman argument... mark67 Mar 2016 #13

You misunderstand rjsquirrel Mar 2016 #14

We both agree on that... mark67 Mar 2016 #18

Which fields need more PhDs? mascarax Mar 2016 #19

I've worked in both academia and the private sector. Alkene Mar 2016 #6

Brilliant! Android3.14 Mar 2016 #8

The basic problem is lack of state funding Android3.14 Mar 2016 #7

An offshoot of declining funding is the impact on enrollment Alkene Mar 2016 #10

Your numbers are half right rjsquirrel Mar 2016 #15

+1000 abelenkpe Mar 2016 #20

What, he just noticed? malthaussen Mar 2016 #9

So true.... llmart Mar 2016 #11

Eh, I have a friend with a PhD in physics. malthaussen Mar 2016 #12

Also people refuse to retire... mark67 Mar 2016 #16

Yeah, you'll get that. malthaussen Mar 2016 #21

Yes, that is a problem we face also..... llmart Mar 2016 #24

We have at least 80-100 applicants for each STEM position.... llmart Mar 2016 #26

Anyone who pays for their own PhD rjsquirrel Mar 2016 #17

While that position has merit... malthaussen Mar 2016 #22

Lol whut? rjsquirrel Apr 2016 #28

Not sure what your comment is supposed to mean.... llmart Mar 2016 #25

Yes I know that rjsquirrel Apr 2016 #29

K&R nt TBF Mar 2016 #27