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Poverty

The Wizard

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2. Colleges maintain the bare minimum

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 08:49 AM

Sep 2014

of full time staff and rely on adjuncts to teach courses that fill the coffers. I worked as an adjunct for seven years, putting in far more hours with students than full time professors. I made more collecting unemployment.

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Professors on food stamps: The shocking true story of academia in 2014 [View all] unhappycamper Sep 2014 OP

This started in ernest over 40 yrs. ago in com. colls. Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #1

My university just fired all adjuncts yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #23

Colleges maintain the bare minimum The Wizard Sep 2014 #2

Semantics are important here..... llmart Sep 2014 #3

PhD's working part-time are increasingly common; I'm one of them. eppur_se_muova Sep 2014 #6

The 3 courses in one semester was truly unrealistic Brainstormy Sep 2014 #22

After 3 yrs of teaching 3-4 sections/sem, I quit and Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #24

The article makes it clear that people with PhDs are earning less than minimum fasttense Sep 2014 #8

There is power in numbers..... llmart Sep 2014 #33

If they want a living wage they should get some education Orrex Sep 2014 #4

Football sells beer, knowledge is not as profitable. The kids making money on the gridiron are paid Fred Sanders Sep 2014 #14

100% correct from start to finish Orrex Sep 2014 #20

My friend the adjunct wants to know where she can get $3000/course. malthaussen Sep 2014 #5

my mom was one of them marym625 Sep 2014 #7

Students and professors should go on strike in unison IMO Dopers_Greed Sep 2014 #9

Imagine...since I attended College, dotymed Sep 2014 #10

I was one of them about 35 years ago. mysuzuki2 Sep 2014 #11

What did you do outside academia? Helen Borg Sep 2014 #16

Thanks for your interest. mysuzuki2 Sep 2014 #29

That is cool. Glad it all worked out well. Helen Borg Sep 2014 #30

So where is all the money going? Facilities? Patiod Sep 2014 #12

That's what I want to know. The excuse for such high tuitions has been fixed costs, pnwmom Sep 2014 #17

A lot of it goes... Helen Borg Sep 2014 #18

Absolutely! llmart Sep 2014 #34

Administrative costs citizen blues Sep 2014 #21

Actually, it's a myth that college sports bring the big bucks. progressoid Sep 2014 #32

I've known quite a few adjuncts over the years, and... TreasonousBastard Sep 2014 #13

K&R.... daleanime Sep 2014 #15

Something sulphurdunn Sep 2014 #19

Grad schl sem. tuition U. Of Texas, 1970: $200. Out of state. Eleanors38 Sep 2014 #25

Depends on the school & the prof. Meanwhile, the heads of schools like Harvard merrily Sep 2014 #26

This goes on at every school from Ivy League to A & Ms Al Carroll Sep 2014 #27

Us full-timers are falling way behind too Doctor_J Sep 2014 #28

Why don't they unionize? snot Sep 2014 #31

The decision by the GOP to no longer fund public universities is the driver of this problem greatlaurel Sep 2015 #35