Some students can't do graduate-level work when I get them, so there's a lot of hand-holding to get acceptable final work completed to standard. That comes with the territory, though, and I don't mind it; if you've not worked with adult learners before, it may come as a shock to you in the beginning, however.
25% pay cut announced two months ago, so this is my last term there. The messaging from the new leadership is that we were just getting paid too much compared to the adjuncts/peons at other schools (/s) and EC wants to focus on attracting quality faculty and meeting student needs. Strange way of showing it considering
1) the bulk of their instructors are adjuncts, and
2) underpaid adjuncts=adjuncts taking on more work to keep income steady=adjuncts paying less attention to each student=decrease in instructional quality.
Odd things are happening in higher ed in NY and nationally. I think Excelsior is in trouble. I hope they make it.
