"I taught as many as five classes each semester at four campuses in D.C. and Maryland, crisscrossing town by bike and public transportation during work days that sometimes lasted 13 hours. I never knew what my employment would look like the following term and constantly applied for part- and full-time teaching positions in case I didn’t get rehired."
That sounds like excessive churn for $27-35K/year.
I'm sympathetic to improving the adjunct eco-system, but how much of the blame should be placed on people taking on debt to finance careers with fading prospects? Maybe the folks who went in right as the system shifted get a pass, but have we passed a point (like with law schools) where you lose the ability to complain and should've known better?
That sounds like excessive churn for $27-35K/year.
I'm sympathetic to improving the adjunct eco-system, but how much of the blame should be placed on people taking on debt to finance careers with fading prospects? Maybe the folks who went in right as the system shifted get a pass, but have we passed a point (like with law schools) where you lose the ability to complain and should've known better?