““The most shocking thing is that many of us don’t even earn the federal minimum wage,” said Miranda…”

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“The most shocking thing is that many of us don’t even earn the federal minimum wage,” said Miranda Merklein, an adjunct professor from Santa Fe who started teaching in 2008. “Our students didn’t know that professors with PhDs aren’t even earning as much as an entry-level fast food worker. We’re not calling for the $15 minimum wage. We don’t even make minimum wage. And we have no benefits and no job security.”

Over three quarters of college professors are adjunct. Legally, adjunct positions are part-time, at-will employment. Universities pay adjunct professors by the course, anywhere between $1,000 to $5,000. So if a professor teaches three courses in both the fall and spring semesters at a rate of $3000 per course, they’ll make $18,000 dollars. The average full-time barista makes the same yearly wage.

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– Professors on food stamps: The shocking true story of academia in 2014.

The Adjunct Revolt: How Poor Professors Are Fighting Back

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The Adjunct Revolt: How Poor Professors Are Fighting Back:

“College is no longer creating a critically-thinking citizenry who can participate actively in a democracy.”

Why? Adjuncts professors now constitute 76.4 percent of all U.S. faculty across Higher Education institutions. The majority of those adjuncts live below the poverty line.

How can we expect the homeless or hungry with no free time and no job security to properly educated the youth of tomorrow?

“We have lost an entire generation of scholarship because of this.”

“We moved away from a faculty-centric university to one focused on serving students … To attract students, universities need amenities to keep up in an arms race with other institutions,”