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32. I do. Due to my union, I make just under $30k a year for teaching 2 courses each semester.

Fri Apr 24, 2015, 06:03 PM

Apr 2015

This is about enough to be able to afford to live in your car in the SF bay area, but fortunately my spouse has a better job.

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$15,000 Per Course is Fair [View all] JimDandy Apr 2015 OP

Assuming 9 hours per week rogerashton Apr 2015 #2

45k for teaching a 3 credit hour course? phil89 Apr 2015 #3

You wrote 100/hr where I think you mean 10/hr. nt Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #5

I received a 15k a year stipend as a grad student Erich Bloodaxe BSN Apr 2015 #8

So did I, but the work was for GA and not adjunct/part-time faculty. aikoaiko Apr 2015 #10

A semester is usually 15 weeks long central scrutinizer Apr 2015 #4

Also has to do research and reading to stay current Sanity Claws Apr 2015 #28

It's equivalent is better likened to a salary-based employee. JimDandy Apr 2015 #6

$15K per course is way too high. aikoaiko Apr 2015 #9

No...it's $62.50/hr...and with ZERO benefits. JimDandy Apr 2015 #11

Close family...not self. JimDandy Apr 2015 #19

Let me break it down from someone who is closer than you. aikoaiko Apr 2015 #24

They are positioning that figure as enlightenment Apr 2015 #14

I guess so, but its bizarrely high. aikoaiko Apr 2015 #25

College should be like $5. JaneyVee Apr 2015 #12

Exactly. JimDandy Apr 2015 #17

$15,000/course is just above a living wage... JimDandy Apr 2015 #16

$150,000 a year is just above a living wage? bornskeptic Apr 2015 #27

It is outrageous that 70% of the teaching load is carried by adjuncts. JimDandy Apr 2015 #21

Anyone here actually work as an adjunct? Thespian2 Apr 2015 #22

That is terrible! Hopefully more adjuncts start weighing in. JimDandy Apr 2015 #23

I was already retired... Thespian2 Apr 2015 #26

That's about right..and... prairierose Apr 2015 #29

yes. It was in the 1990s. It was just to gain experience. aikoaiko Apr 2015 #30

I currently earn $4500/course as an adjunct Bad Thoughts Apr 2015 #33

I double-checked my math -- rogerashton Apr 2015 #31