Tag Archives: adjunct faculty

The Class System of Higher Ed Goes Online

Posted on March 23, 2020 by Working-Class Perspectives

Most American colleges and universities moved courses online over the last week. That shift highlights the class disparities of higher education. For example, at Georgetown, by the time the University President announced that classes were moving online, more than 30 … Continue reading →

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Adjuncts Struggle to Unionize at a Liberal College

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Working-Class Perspectives

Adjunct Action Day on February 25 highlighted the working conditions of adjuncts, who make up about 70% of the American professoriate. Adjuncts usually make $20,000–$25,000 a year, often by teaching courses at various institutions each semester. They have no job … Continue reading →

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Adjuncts, Class, and Fear

Posted on September 23, 2013 by Working-Class Perspectives

The biggest obstacle to organizing adjunct (part-time and full-time non-tenure-track) professors, who now comprise 75% of the faculty in higher education, with part-timers working for $2700 per course on average  — is fear.  Most people assume that adjuncts fear retribution … Continue reading →

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