tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post4734113113483297143..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: The Cost of Being Decent to Adjuncts. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85943457439524820012016-03-21T13:13:57.741-04:002016-03-21T13:13:57.741-04:00Also, it looks like they're now being challeng...Also, it looks like they're now being challenged by a couple of other researchers with actual data to offer (e.g. who knew that many adjuncts teach at more than one school?!?) <br /><br />Unsurprisingly, there's also a good deal of pushback on the 50K 3/3 "decent job" assumption. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42293679603877318982016-03-21T12:52:04.173-04:002016-03-21T12:52:04.173-04:00I spend a good deal of time teaching college junio...I spend a good deal of time teaching college juniors (give or take a year) that not all peer-reviewed articles are created equal. Any Ph.D. who thinks that "peer reviewed" = "unassailable" should have hir degree revoked (or at least have to go back and take my class). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-53570028067360273612016-03-20T08:46:53.221-04:002016-03-20T08:46:53.221-04:00Cassandra and Dagny have pointed out serious logic...Cassandra and Dagny have pointed out serious logical flaws, omissions, etc. in the study. Several days ago, I checked out the linked article at IHE and its comments. The authors have responded to several criticisms; in some cases, the responses ammount to "let's see your peer-reviewed paper."<br /><br />I think the reviewers were derelict in not differentiating between hypothesis Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67883893711708840442016-03-19T14:41:22.400-04:002016-03-19T14:41:22.400-04:00against Much of the study is based on a false dich...against Much of the study is based on a false dichotomy; that is, that universities either give adjuncts a 555% raise or they do not increase their pay at all. While the authors claim that they are completely neutral on the issue of adjunct pay ("Our goal in this paper is neither to affirm nor to deny that universities owe adjuncts more than they currently receive"), their bias againstClassic Dagnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28952049505545815792016-03-18T21:39:33.688-04:002016-03-18T21:39:33.688-04:00Hey, tenure's got to be good for something. I...Hey, tenure's got to be good for something. I still think we need protection from those who might object to free speech within the academy as much as we need protection from those who would seek to curtail it from without (but I must admit the present political climate is testing that conviction). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21372219607545965862016-03-18T15:59:05.667-04:002016-03-18T15:59:05.667-04:00It's not as if it's your fault but you men...It's not as if it's your fault but you mention a problem in our society. Teaching valued but it's not valued as a money making venture. It's "a noble calling." Bullshit. Why don't we say that about accountants and convince a bunch of business majors that they should love to do it without the big paycheck?<br /><br />Other jobs are treated like something you could Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48293171182381583692016-03-18T14:22:12.730-04:002016-03-18T14:22:12.730-04:00Yes. The seen and the unseen.Yes. The seen and the unseen.dmckeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052641757203089416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1256667487432218992016-03-18T13:25:19.325-04:002016-03-18T13:25:19.325-04:00posted for a reader
After a couple of years out o...<i>posted for a reader</i><br /><br />After a couple of years out of teaching for some consulting, I came back to teach this year at a one year spot, full time. 8 sections for $30,000. Not kidding. I used to make about $75k in the same region for 6 sections.<br /><br />I'm part of the problem. I wanted to teach. I accepted the salary. The chair and the Dean can now say, "Hey, we can pay College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88042902097997954892016-03-18T12:44:39.812-04:002016-03-18T12:44:39.812-04:00if you can't afford to pay a living wage for w...if you can't afford to pay a living wage for work done, then there's something wrong with your business model. The solution isn't paying your staff less than they need to live on. Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28102108175663229342016-03-18T12:10:38.791-04:002016-03-18T12:10:38.791-04:00I once asked our provost what our student to VP ra...I once asked our provost what our student to VP ratio was. He was not amused.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10354840312472838512016-03-18T09:51:54.423-04:002016-03-18T09:51:54.423-04:00When a system of higher ed has MORE administrators...When a system of higher ed has MORE administrators than professors, as does the California State system, we are truly screwed. Yeah, don't look for the situation to improve anytime soon.The Gognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68918522048997611472016-03-18T08:38:34.730-04:002016-03-18T08:38:34.730-04:00It strikes me that the study is missing a signific...It strikes me that the study is missing a significant element: a calculation of the cost of *not* being decent to adjuncts (and the students they teach, and the people who hire, evaluate, fire, replace, support, etc. adjuncts). A lot of the increase in service load for the dwindling proportion of tenure-track faculty, and at least some of the increased need for support services (and, yes, PP, Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62141929073823559672016-03-17T22:56:08.893-04:002016-03-17T22:56:08.893-04:00Lol. Each of your made up titles made me laugh ha...Lol. Each of your made up titles made me laugh harder than the last.Conan the Grammarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05958152840132897163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25005407991984486112016-03-17T21:57:22.878-04:002016-03-17T21:57:22.878-04:00"Significant tradeoffs". Well, yeah.
A...<i>"Significant tradeoffs".</i> Well, yeah. <br /><br />And the only realistic place to get the money from is the profusion of offices of vice-sub-deanlets of things; assistant-vice-presidents in charge of navel gazing; and whichever of the director of stuff offices aren't actually mandated by various tiers of government.<br /><br />Somehow I don't see the administration jumpingdmckeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18052641757203089416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59234179033883623902016-03-17T16:27:42.995-04:002016-03-17T16:27:42.995-04:00"Defenders of slavery argued that the sudden ..."Defenders of slavery argued that the sudden end to the slave economy would have had a profound and killing economic impact in the South where reliance on slave labor was the foundation of their economy. The cotton economy would collapse. The tobacco crop would dry in the fields. Rice would cease being profitable.<br /><br />Defenders of slavery argued that if all the slaves were freed, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com