When I was an adjunct I was working in a research lab and teaching was for fun and a few extra bucks.
The role of adjuncts was never intended to be a full-time job. Adjuncts we’re hired to fill in gaps when full-time faculty were on leave. Or, to have someone with specialized knowledge offer a class that was outside the expertise of the full-time faculty.
Sadly, school admins figured out that adjuncts are way cheaper than full-time faculty members. I’ve been both and ain’t no one getting rich on an academic salary. And anyone trying to make a living as an adjunct is going to be struggling mightily.
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Reply to New School makes “final offer” to striking part-time faculty in New York City by DrogDrill
When I was an adjunct I was working in a research lab and teaching was for fun and a few extra bucks. The role of adjuncts was never intended to be a full-time job. Adjuncts we’re hired to fill in gaps when full-time faculty were on leave. Or, to have someone with specialized knowledge offer a class that was outside the expertise of the full-time faculty.
Sadly, school admins figured out that adjuncts are way cheaper than full-time faculty members. I’ve been both and ain’t no one getting rich on an academic salary. And anyone trying to make a living as an adjunct is going to be struggling mightily.