Scrambling for a Living

Part-time professors fight for unemployment benefits between low-paying jobs

Colloquy: Read the transcript of an online discussion about whether state rules that bar adjunct professors from receiving unemployment benefits are inherently unfair, given the nature of part-time academic work today, and whether the rules should be changed.By SCOTT SMALLWOOD

Donald Zimmerman has taught English part time at Olympic College for 10 years. Each quarter he teaches two or three courses. The

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