Yes I know about supply and demand and I know full-time faculty are poorly paid also. But the question is why are the SAME faculty who teach the SAME CLASSES in the SAME DEPARTMENT making 4-5 times more for the same work of part-timers. This is the million dollar question!
Payam --- "George D. Goedel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Okay Stephen then if you think adjuncts only teach > >then lets just compare salaries of "just" teaching > >classes between part-time and full-time. If you > look > >at how much part-time instructors get paid per unit > it > >is a fraction of what full-timers get. If we are > >teaching the same classes then we should be getting > >the same pay. EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK! This > applies > >more to 2-year institutions in which teaching and > only > >teaching is the sole priority and responsibility of > >both part-time and full-time faculty. > > > >Payam > > > > Payam, > Equal pay for equal work is a "moral issue" but I > believe current > circumstances are really a market issue. I would > agree that part-time > faculty are poorly paid. But, so are faculty in > general compared to > lesser trained folks in a wide variety of > occupations. Salaries in > academia, for the most part, are determined by > supply and demand. > That's why my colleagues in the Business College > (e.g. Accountancy or > Marketing) make so much more than those of us in > Psychology (even > though two in our Marketing department actually have > Ph.D.s in > psychology). My colleagues in mathematics complain > about the > Computer Science faculty in their department making > way more than > they do. Within our discipline there is also a lot > of variance. Just > compare salaries of new Ph.D.s in I/O with those in > Developmental or > Cognitive. Supply & demand. Now, if there were only > very few folks > out there willing to teach psychology courses as > adjuncts, then.... > > George > -- > George D. Goedel > Professor & Chairperson > Department of Psychology > Northern Kentucky University > Highland Hts., KY 41099-2000 > (859) 572-5574 > fax (859) 572-6085 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
