Professors in Poverty | How Adjunctification Hurts Everyone

Thank you Birch for sponsoring. Visit to get $400 off your Birch non-toxic mattress plus two free pillows! #birchliving Adjuncts and other contingent faculty make up more than half of all higher ed teachers. That’s a problem. Let’s talk about why. CHAPTERS: 00:00 - Intro 01:08 - Commercial Break 03:12 - Who are they? 06:07 - How much are they paid? 13:11 - This hurts everyone. 19:06 - What caused it? 24:56 - What can we do about it? 28:33 - Outro & Poem SOURCES: ------ The Adjunct Underclass, by Herb Childress ------ How the University Works, by Marc Bousquet ------ “AAUP Testimony on Public Service Loan Forgiveness Reform“ (David Kociemba, AAUP) ➤ #.Y785TXbMJaY ------ “Barely Getting By“ (Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higer Ed) ➤ ------ “Decline of the Tenure Track Raises Concerns“ (Alan Finder, The New York Times) ➤ ------ “Homeless professor protests conditions of adjuncts“ (Simone Pathe, PBS NewsHour) ➤ ------ “How to Fix the Adjunct Crisis“ (The Chronicle of Higher Education) ➤ ------ “IPEDS Instructional Faculty, Fall 2021“ ➤ ------ “‘It keeps you nice and disposable’: The plight of adjunct professors“ (Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, The Washington Post) ➤ ------ “The College President-to-Adjunct Pay Ratio“ (Laura McKenna, The Atlantic) ➤ ------ “The Death of an Adjunct“ (Adam Harris, The Atlantic) ➤ ------ “There Is No Excuse for How Universities Treat Adjuncts“ (Caroline Fredrickson, The Atlantic) ➤ ------ “The Rise of Adjunct Faculty“ (InsideScholar) ➤ FURTHER RESEARCH: ------ AAUP Website: --------- Data: --------- Contingency Info: --------- Action Plan: #.Y78sOXbMJaY ------ “How adjunct professors became part of the gig economy,“ ABC News ➤ ------ “Why adjunct professors are struggling to make ends meet,“ PBS NewsHour ➤ * To Support Me: * ---Become a channel Member! ➤ ---Join the Patreon! ➤ ---Make a one-time donation! ➤ ---Join the Discord! ➤ ---Check out my second channel! ➤ @zoecee ---Watch my D&D game! ➤ @thejaycorn ---Watch my Blades in the Dark game! ➤