The job posting for an assistant adjunct professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, set high expectations for candidates: A Ph.D. in chemistry or biochemistry, a strong teaching record at ...

“At HCC, we get paid $1,890 per course per semester, which boils down to about $15 an hour.” “I teach as an adjunct professor not only at HCC, but also on occasion at University of Tampa, and I am a ...

One question that comes up a lot in discussions about higher education’s overreliance on adjunct professors is why adjuncts don’t just find other jobs. As I wrote in my profile of Margaret Mary Vojtko ...

Editor's Note: We've devoted a lot of Making Sen$e coverage to the struggles of adjunct professors, who make an average of $2,500 per course and often balance part ...

Nearly a decade ago, Kyle Hetrick split his time between being an adjunct professor at Ivy Tech Bloomington and working retail at the Greenwood Park Mall. He'd just finished graduate school at Indiana ...