Expanded Partnership Demonstrates Joint Commitment to
Adjunct Faculty
The Arkansas State University System, however, does track
adjuncts and had data available for its four community colleges and its flagship university at Jonesboro.
Look to
adjuncts to share their classroom innovations.
For Ian Duckies, an
adjunct professor of philosophy at four California institutions, another goal was to push for increased funding from the government, with a particular focus on pay equity for
adjuncts.
Compared with
adjuncts whose sole income is from teaching at three, four or five schools, we hobbyists are in the minority.
The
adjunct faculty in Duquesne s McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts handily won a union election, with 85% voting in favor of the union over two years ago in July 2012.
By hiring
adjunct faculty at one-fourth the cost, universities save approximately $60,000 according to numbers gathered by National Public Radio.
Feldman and Turnley (2001) found that many
adjuncts seek part-time teaching positions because of flexible scheduling and a desire to work with seasoned faculty.
To avoid the added costs, at least two dozen colleges earlier this year cut the number of courses taught by
adjuncts in order to keep them below the 30-hour threshold, according to media reports.
A key element for involving
adjuncts in college initiatives is an
adjunct in-service, which ideally should be held early on in the semester.
The amounts donated and the large number of
adjuncts who supported this scholarship fund reaffirms the absolute commitment that the
adjunct faculty has to the law school and our students.
The administration assumed the orientation program would help
adjuncts connect to the business school and enhance their success in the classroom.
The quality and cost savings of
adjuncts have colleges and universities turning to part-time personnel in growing numbers.
Because university policies on
adjuncts are open-ended or unspecified, each participant defines
adjunct roles differently; these definitions are not always compatible.
Fulltime faculty repay this scorn with interest, dismissing
adjuncts as mere moonlighters" ("
Adjunct as Object," 2002, p.