College adjuncts 'hoping for the best': Tenuous positions, low pay common for part-time faculty - Cali Owings, INFORUM

To balance its budget, Minnesota State University Moorhead is losing about 40 faculty members to retirements, layoffs and cutbacks over a little more than two years. To balance its budget, Minnesota State University Moorhead is losing about 40 faculty members to retirements, layoffs and cutbacks over a little more than two years. But there’s no telling how the chips will fall for the 150 adjunct faculty members employed this semester. Maybe they’ll be back. But maybe they won’t, as the school cuts funding for adjuncts. That could mean bad news for many who make a living teaching part time at the school. http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/430255/