Resolution about Pay for Adjuncts

and Full-time Faculty

Faculty Senate

May 3, 2005

ResolutionEffective beginning the Fall semester 2005, • part-time pay for 4-hour courses should be

increased by 1/3 of the 3-hour course rate. This would apply for every term.

• during the Summer term, full-time pay for 4-hour courses should be increased by 1/3 of the 3-hour adjunct pay rate

In other words, pay people for the work they do.

• For a 2-hour course, adjuncts are paid at 2/3 of the 3-hour course rate.

• Science labs are paid at the 3-hour course rate because the faculty spend 3 hours teaching the lab.

• To be consistent, 4-hour courses should be paid 1/3 more than 3-hour courses.

Spring 2005 – Financial Impact

Number of 4-hour courses taught by adjunct faculty college-wide

Amount of money not paid to adjuncts for extra hour

Amount of money paid by students for extra hour

167

$116,900

$207,080

Why aren’t adjuncts being paid fairly?

• Both during the school year and the summer, full-time faculty are avoiding 4-hr courses (mostly Learning Support) leaving those courses to adjunct instructors.

• Adjunct instructors may be good instructors but do not have office hours which are especially important for Learning Support students

Academic Impact

% of Learning Support Sections Taught by Adjuncts

Spring 05 Summer 05

English

(n=74) 34% 51%

Reading(n=55)

44% 61%

Math(n=181)

54%

(ntl avg: 46%)66%

% of Other 4-hour Sections Taught by Adjuncts

Spring 05 Summer 05

ESL (n=21) 19% 63%

Upper Level Math (n=92)

15%

CSCI/Engr (n=13)

23%

Pay them, and they will come.

• During the summer, full-time faculty are paid on a per course basis, so a 4-hr course should be paid differently than a 3-hr course: adjunct pay for the 4th hour.

• This will encourage full-time faculty to continue to be involved in the 4-hour courses, giving students more access to their instructors.

Effective beginning the Fall semester 2005,

• Full-time faculty receive adjunct pay beginning with their 31st credit hour in a 10-month contract.

Resolution

30 hours is Clearly the Standard

Average Teaching Load - Spr '05 Clarkston(taught at least 4 courses)

14.92 14.97

16

14.00

15.00

16.00

All disciplines All but fine arts,phed, math

Math

• Since the average number of hours for a semester is 15, nearly all of the faculty are already working only 30 hours per year.

• The number of hours is a national standard. See data from related resolution.

• This would benefit all disciplines.

• If you currently teach 10 courses, teaching an extra course would earn overload pay for 3 hours instead of 1 hour.