Christopher DI loved the way he claimed that "some adjunct instructors" work for "as low as $5000 per course." Hah! I knew right away that he must work at an elite university (turned out to be Columbia). At my university (Widener in Pennsylvania), Ph.D. instructors with years of teaching experience earn $2, 885 per course, the last school I taught for paid $2100 per course, and a few years ago I was offered $1500 per course (I gagged). This after a UCLA Ph.D., years of UCLA teaching experience, (many) tens of thousands of dollars in student loan debt, blah blah blah, etc..
He called exploitation of graduate students the "dirty little secret" of the university, but the exploitation of adjunct labor goes well beyond that in my opinion (of course, I'm an adjunct and no longer a grad student, so I'm biased I suppose :-) Paul Okami ----- Original Message ----- From: Christopher D. Green To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 12:51 PM Subject: [tips] Op-Ed Contributor - End the University as We Know It - NYTimes.com Well, this proposal for the overhaul of the university ought to get some people riled up. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/opinion/27taylor.html?_r=1 Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ "Censorship is the strongest drive in human nature; sex is a weak second." - Phil Kerby, former editor of the Los Angeles Times ========================== ---To make changes to your subscription contact:Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
