Voices of Adjuncts

“They don’t make much money, they don’t have health benefits, and they don’t have job security. So why do adjuncts keep showing up to teach in college classrooms semester after semester, year after year?”

The Chronicle sought to answer that question through a survey of more than 600 adjuncts at 90 institutions, and also through interviews with adjuncts who teach in the Chicago area. You can read about the survey findings here.

The survey of adjuncts, The Chronicle’s report says, “gave us a detailed look at their educations–most do not have doctorates–and their compensation–annual salaries of $20,000 or less are the norm. Students are likely to pay more than that at some of the area’s colleges, like Loyola University Chicago, which charges about $30,000 in tuition alone.”

Click here for a table with the full list of survey results. You’ll find videotaped interviews here with eight adjuncts in the Chicago area discussing their jobs. And you can read excerpts here of comments from other adjuncts surveyed by The Chronicle. All of the content is free.