Adjunct Professors in Poverty

Sat, 14 Nov 2015 09:37:19 -0500

An average of 51% of faculty are adjunct or teaching on a part-time only basis. 31% of adjuncts live near or below poverty levels and many are forced to work multiple jobs just to make ends meet. Astonishingly, some teachers make as little as $12,000 annually; meanwhile college presidents make an average salary of over $400,000. Not to mention, tuition has risen twice the rate of inflation. This has to change. Help us fight for adjuncts and for their right to decent living wages.