Adjunct faculty may be eligible for unemployment insurance benefits during breaks when they are not teaching and not earning any wages. However, adjunct faculty who have “reasonable assurance” of continued employment after the break are not eligible for benefits. For example, if you teach a course during the fall semester that runs from September to [...]
All adjuncts should be aware that the new New York State Paid Family Leave Act (PFL) allows employers to deduct contributions from employee paychecks whether or not those employees are eligible for this benefit. By virtue of the number of hours worked, adjuncts will not be eligible. However, contributions will be deducted from your paycheck unless you submit an Opt-out Form, which you [...]
The New York Times – If you've written a few five-figure tuition checks or taken on 10 years' of debt, you probably think you're paying to be taught by full-time professors. But it's entirely possible that most of your teachers are freelancers. In 1960, 75 percent of college instructors were full-time tenured or tenure-track professors; [...]