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[brodiebankyaz]

Hi all,

I recently was offered an emergency visiting professor job at a DeVry campus in the Pacific Northwest. I would teach two sections of literature courses for non-majors; while its not my dream temporary position, I'm reasonably happy and everyone there seems great and I'd like to take it if I can survive on the salary--which I didn't get a chance to ask in the phone call I received the offer in.

Unfortunately, my answer is due tomorrow and no one seems to be in the office today. Do any of y'all have any idea how much a visiting professor at DeVry makes per class? Any advice would be greatly appreciated

[msparticularity]

I'm afraid no one here is going to be able to help you, since there is no way to tell from your description exactly what kind of a position this is--whether it is a contingent slot (and thus may pay as little as 1800 or so per course) or whether it's something better. Further, this is a for-profit, so the salary scale may or may not have anything to do with the experience that most of us have in the non-profit and public educational sectors.

Did the original listing for the job not say anything about the classification of the position or the salary?

[oldadjunct]

Hi all,

I recently was offered an emergency visiting professor job at a DeVry campus in the Pacific Northwest. I would teach two sections of literature courses for non-majors; while its not my dream temporary position, I'm reasonably happy and everyone there seems great and I'd like to take it if I can survive on the salary--which I didn't get a chance to ask in the phone call I received the offer in.

Unfortunately, my answer is due tomorrow and no one seems to be in the office today. Do any of y'all have any idea how much a visiting professor at DeVry makes per class? Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Not sure you can respond to an offer without a number, unless you say, "Yes, contingent on salary."  After all, PT at a for profit, the question is less "can you afford to live on it, than "can you live without it."

[sagit]

Hi all,

I recently was offered an emergency visiting professor job at a DeVry campus in the Pacific Northwest. I would teach two sections of literature courses for non-majors; while its not my dream temporary position, I'm reasonably happy and everyone there seems great and I'd like to take it if I can survive on the salary--which I didn't get a chance to ask in the phone call I received the offer in.

Unfortunately, my answer is due tomorrow and no one seems to be in the office today. Do any of y'all have any idea how much a visiting professor at DeVry makes per class? Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Not sure you can respond to an offer without a number, unless you say, "Yes, contingent on salary."  After all, PT at a for profit, the question is less "can you afford to live on it, than "can you live without it."

This seems reasonable.  If they have given you a deadline but no salary then tell them your answer is yes, assuming that the salary is sufficient to your needs.  Keep looking for other jobs!