Portland Community College reviews

Even with the good union, a strong caste system exists between administrators, full time instructors and part time instructors. Part time instructors can have their classes taken from them by full instructors and left with less pay. This routinely happens with enrollment dips. This is not the fault of the full timers but rather a direct result of the caste system the administration allows to exist.

Students prioritized over part time faculty: you will be asked to tailor your assignments and due dates for as many as 20% of the students. You will be asked to update curriculum without pay. You will be on call 24/7 whereas your dept chair, full time faculty, and/or dean won’t answer most of your emails, and certainly not within 24 hrs. There is no mentorship outside of the voluntary, unpaid generic classes and workshops.