Is academia suffering from ‘adjunctivitis’? Low-paid adjunct professors struggle to make ends meet
Life in academia turns out to be different than what French professor and single mother Nicole Beth Wallenbrock had in mind.
NICOLE BETH WALLENBROCK, Adjunct Professor: I have been on food stamps for, I think, about six months.
Arik Greenberg teaches theology at Loyola Marymount University.
ARIK GREENBERG, Adjunct Professor: We are not given any kind of benefits, no medical, no dental, no vision, no retirements, no family leave, no sick leave, nothing.
To support his family, Rob Balla drives to three different Ohio universities to teach six English classes and tutors on the side. He had pneumonia last fall, worked anyway.
ROB BALLA, Adjunct Professor: We go to school under any circumstances, really, because you can’t afford to have your pay docked.
These are adjuncts, part-time professors paid an average of $2,000 to $3,000 per class with few to no benefits who now make up half of college faculties, a drastic change from just a few decades ago.
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http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/is-academia-suffering-adjunctivitis/
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Meanwhile, university presidents make around $1 million, as are the coaches. And, of course, money on "facilities," but not on teaching.
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