Work at two or three schools? I wish. I work at 4 or 5 every semester -teaching 8 - 9 courses on average, plus summers and winter session courses. No time off.
(cont) - I didn't know teaching at a university would be like this - this is what I went to school for! Yet with the lack of full time positions available and the incredibly low wages for adjuncts, I can barely pay rent - and I've given up hope on making payments for all my student loans. I've tried applying for work at stores, restaurants, etc, but I never even get an interview because I'm too overqualified.
I appreciate the attention being paid to this issue. As an IUPUI adjunct, I can personally attest to low wages, an unstable schedule, and never knowing if I'll even have a job or be able to pay rent the next semester. Even if I've been assigned a ertain number of classes for the upcoming semester, inevitably the day before classes start, I get a phone call from the dept. informing me that they are taking away a class or two to be given to a full time faculty member.
There is some decent information here, but the images have all the dynamics of a screensaver. If there is to be any hope of reaching an audience that actually matters and is to be convinced to give a hoot, it will take much more than 10 minutes of talking heads.
Good work - bravo. It strikes just the right note for educating non-academics and those in academia unaware (or ignoring) P/T condition - not preaching to the choir. This would be very useful for campus equity week too. I agree about showing teaching but wouldn't that require signed releases from all the students in the class? Vanessa @ NFM
Gutsy! My hat is off to all who participated. My only tip would be to show the teachers teaching and to get more full-timers and administrators talking. A "bar graph" of this growing trend to use p-t faculty might help novices to this subject.
beautiful clip i like it .. thanks for posting
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The information you provide is quiet helpful, why I was not able to find it earlier.
contedara 3 months ago
Work at two or three schools? I wish. I work at 4 or 5 every semester -teaching 8 - 9 courses on average, plus summers and winter session courses. No time off.
nebula1400 1 year ago
(cont) - I didn't know teaching at a university would be like this - this is what I went to school for! Yet with the lack of full time positions available and the incredibly low wages for adjuncts, I can barely pay rent - and I've given up hope on making payments for all my student loans. I've tried applying for work at stores, restaurants, etc, but I never even get an interview because I'm too overqualified.
kscuteflute 1 year ago
I appreciate the attention being paid to this issue. As an IUPUI adjunct, I can personally attest to low wages, an unstable schedule, and never knowing if I'll even have a job or be able to pay rent the next semester. Even if I've been assigned a ertain number of classes for the upcoming semester, inevitably the day before classes start, I get a phone call from the dept. informing me that they are taking away a class or two to be given to a full time faculty member.
kscuteflute 1 year ago
There is some decent information here, but the images have all the dynamics of a screensaver. If there is to be any hope of reaching an audience that actually matters and is to be convinced to give a hoot, it will take much more than 10 minutes of talking heads.
meandmynewstruck 1 year ago
Good work - bravo. It strikes just the right note for educating non-academics and those in academia unaware (or ignoring) P/T condition - not preaching to the choir. This would be very useful for campus equity week too. I agree about showing teaching but wouldn't that require signed releases from all the students in the class? Vanessa @ NFM
MountainairArts 1 year ago
Yes, release forms. Tricky but not impossible. Adjuncts' chief work is in the classroom. That can be shown on film. Think: Great teacher movies.
snowflakeandsunbeam 1 year ago
Gutsy! My hat is off to all who participated. My only tip would be to show the teachers teaching and to get more full-timers and administrators talking. A "bar graph" of this growing trend to use p-t faculty might help novices to this subject.
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