tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post913587980842938133..comments2024-03-18T07:15:11.162-04:00Comments on Kristin Berkey-Abbott: Rethinking and Reshaping Higher EducationKristin Berkey-Abbotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16841824206762029363noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-1079330362652147792010-09-06T05:21:43.432-04:002010-09-06T05:21:43.432-04:00Thanks Karen, Sandy, and Jeannine, for reading and...Thanks Karen, Sandy, and Jeannine, for reading and commenting.<br /><br />The adjunct rate can be as high as 60-70%, and it varies widely from place to place. But in most schools, yes, it's around half.<br /><br />And I think that jobs throughout the higher ed system are tougher. Even as the Science and Technology folks are earning more money than those of us in the Humanities, those earnings are dependent on how much money their labs bring in, which in turn, takes an amazing amount of grant getting/keeping/documenting work.Kristin Berkey-Abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16841824206762029363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-44589130645429454472010-09-05T14:48:35.020-04:002010-09-05T14:48:35.020-04:00My Dad worked for almost forty years as a professo...My Dad worked for almost forty years as a professor; in his last year, as he turned 70, they had him on a 4/4 schedule, plus his volunteer and committee activities (also pretty brutal.) I never thought of professoring as an "easy" job, let's just say. <br />PS - Aren't about half of all people teaching at universities adjuncts now?Jeanninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16419593830749483323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-81682387946647657902010-09-05T11:47:24.534-04:002010-09-05T11:47:24.534-04:00Yay! Great post. I ditto everything Karen says a...Yay! Great post. I ditto everything Karen says above. However, I do have to admit that our feeling of disconnect may come from teaching in the humanities. I've heard tell and seen the figures for some of the tenured folks teaching in computing and business and the sciences. I was told that salaries were based on what people could earn in the non-academic world and those science and industry jobs pay more. Another chip on the poet's shoulder.Sandy Longhornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735445958970512617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5785052391761134022.post-28344973029813765962010-09-05T09:18:49.752-04:002010-09-05T09:18:49.752-04:00Great Post! I read these articles and think the s...Great Post! I read these articles and think the same thing: who are these people? The faculty members I work with sometimes teach as much as 24 credits a semester on top of those extra duties no one knows about. (In my world, meetings often take up to 10 hours a week!)Karen J. Weyanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04870809238605691875noreply@blogger.com