Adjunct Faculty - Teacher Texas State Employee Review

3.0
Mar 27, 2022
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Pros

Great experience to get into teaching professionally. My colleagues were supportive. I received valuable training for Allies - LGBTQiA+ to serve my students.

Cons

Adjunct teaching is a pyramid scheme and relies on labor of part-time employees who commute an hour to the university to teach one class per semester. As I'm sure you can guess, it wasn't sustainable. I had two other jobs to make ends meet and have health insurance. Other part-time adjunct faculty who were my colleagues climbed the ladder to teach three or four classes a semester, but it still wasn't enough compensation for their time and expertise. If you aren't tenure-track, you're always going to be on the bottom of the food chain in academia.

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5.0
Jul 11, 2026
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Great mentors and wonderful place to work, learn and grow.

Cons

There is a visible limit to how much you can grow

1.0
Jun 18, 2026
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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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