Adjuncts fight for a living wage | Al Jazeera America
Hussein Adjuncts fight for a living wage | Al Jazeera America.
Picture a professor, and you probably don’t think of someone struggling to put food on the table. But that’s the reality for many adjunct faculty, with some earning the equivalent of a fast-food wage. A recent study says more than 75% of professors are now adjunct. Are they being exploited and how do their working conditions impact higher education?