tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post2737642923034807668..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Adjunct Equity Bill in Colorado House of Representatives.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19941808265389329832014-02-03T00:37:40.210-05:002014-02-03T00:37:40.210-05:00I'm going down to the Committee hearing of the...I'm going down to the Committee hearing of the bill tomorrow. It will be interesting to see who shows up to refute it and which of the common economic arguments they choose.<br /><br />On a side note, nice job not letting Maka Woksapa flame you all on! She almost got me but then I saw how level headed you all were. I appreciate the supportAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16332619439873517429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39256611383820090932014-01-28T15:13:47.436-05:002014-01-28T15:13:47.436-05:00This is a really good idea and I hope the bill pas...This is a really good idea and I hope the bill passes. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05870951375586185772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87103033616474473102014-01-28T04:02:14.336-05:002014-01-28T04:02:14.336-05:00The lecturer ladder BC describes is similar to wha...The lecturer ladder BC describes is similar to what happens where I am with instructors (though the whole "adjunct" system does not really apply to universities in the country where I work). But even as a full-timer, I try not to think about how much I make after currency conversion unless I want to weep my way through a box of tissues. (At least the cost of living is way lower than it Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4412613852950563672014-01-27T18:58:19.176-05:002014-01-27T18:58:19.176-05:00The best source of info about adjunct salaries I k...The best source of info about adjunct salaries I know of is Josh Boldt's crowdsourced Adjunct Project, which is now hosted at the Chronicle: http://adjunct.chronicle.com/ . <br /><br />And yes, salaries vary widely. Of course, salaries for full-time faculty also vary widely (within and between/among institutions). But/and it's useful to have information. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10747798751339432012014-01-27T17:32:33.693-05:002014-01-27T17:32:33.693-05:00When I was teaching in Chicago, I was paid $1485/c...When I was teaching in Chicago, I was paid $1485/class. Then the adjunct faculty unionized the last year I was there, and my pay went up to $2200/class. In one of the most expensive cities in the world to live.<br /><br />If you want adjunct work in my system, you will find it. It seems like we are always hiring. But be warned: the Republicans who currently run this state are intent on starving BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-60265124100482643822014-01-27T17:25:54.729-05:002014-01-27T17:25:54.729-05:00I can't find it, but I thought there was a pos...I can't find it, but I thought there was a post here or on RYS about adjunct remuneration. There was some near-Ivy that paid part-timers $8000 a class, and there some south of $2000.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69195826432852891822014-01-27T17:09:57.810-05:002014-01-27T17:09:57.810-05:00I'm in a very similar system to BurntChrome. I...I'm in a very similar system to BurntChrome. I get just over $4,200 per section, with full benefits (free healthcare, etc.) in any semester where I teach two or more classes.<br /><br />It really is amazing how much adjunct per-course remuneration varies across the country. When I was in grad school, I taught some sections at a private college for $3,300 per section. I had friends teaching atDefunct Adjuncthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12954331373226016090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47026661281476903772014-01-27T13:07:56.209-05:002014-01-27T13:07:56.209-05:00Two readers send these notes in:
"$4000 a sec...<i>Two readers send these notes in:</i><br />"$4000 a section? I would never complain again. I teach in Tennessee and my adjunct pay is $2190 per course. And the most sections I can get in a calendar year is 6."<br /><br />"I want to move to where Burnt Chrome is. I've been a part-timer at my large southwestern college for nearly 10 years, and I make $2250 a course, on a 2/2/2 College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67003067777372977672014-01-27T12:28:44.674-05:002014-01-27T12:28:44.674-05:00Adjuncts in our system are paid at 80% of the star...Adjuncts in our system are paid at 80% of the starting TT salary, which here is $42,000 (so an adjunct with a 4/4 load averages about $4000 per section). There are steps: Associate Lecturer, Lecturer, and Senior Lecturer, which are figured by how many hours the adjunct has taught in the system, and the pay goes up ever so slightly as you gain seniority. Our system also pays full benefits if your BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64498558718099545722014-01-26T21:20:34.667-05:002014-01-26T21:20:34.667-05:00This is, of course, what MLA/ADE guidelines have c...This is, of course, what MLA/ADE guidelines have called for for several (many?) decades now, with no effect. I'd love to see it pass. <br /><br />And yes, service needs to be part of the picture (out of fairness, and to make sure that legislators and others realize what college professors spend their time actually doing). I'd argue that all faculty members should be doing some service, Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-30604619304103499772014-01-26T20:35:19.069-05:002014-01-26T20:35:19.069-05:00I'm all for increasing adjunct pay, but full-t...I'm all for increasing adjunct pay, but full-time faculty (at least at my CC) do a hell of a lot more than just teach a class and go home.Makahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14762593485419810304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65722388583319481332014-01-26T15:36:48.715-05:002014-01-26T15:36:48.715-05:00Is this bill the duck's bill?Is this bill the duck's bill?Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.com