Love the work; don't love the pay. - ADjunct Instrctor Texas State Employee Review

2.0
Jun 28, 2013
Recommend
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Pros

Free to develop your own teaching approaches within reason; department administration is accessible and supportive; diverse student population; easy commute.

Cons

While the administration is supportive, as contingent faculty, you never feel completely welcomed. The salary is incredibly poor. Administration offer a rhetoric of "We understand you aren't paid well, but there's nothing we can do about it. Please teach the bulk of our courses."

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

- you get to say you work for a university - they are inclusive i guess

Cons

Make no mistake: they do not care about you. You can give them 10 years of your life and they can dissolve your 'contract' on a whim. You will be working outside your contract ~1 month/year if you want to actually do your job. The benefits package is worthless, there aren't even any doctors in network within a 50 mile radius except some holistic practice and one guy with awful reviews. Most people you work with will be incompetent (many of the teaching faculty), and if you are good at your job you will wind up doing theirs too.

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