"More than one-third of faculty are adjuncts who receive low pay and limited job security, and new data shows that women, Black people and instructors in non-STEM disciplines are overrepresented in the adjunct ranks. Those are some of the key takeaways from a new report about the state of the adjunct workforce that the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources published last week."
"While adjuncts make up roughly 40 percent of all faculty-a share that hasn't changed in a decade-they earn much less than their peers with permanent faculty appointments. According to the report, median pay per credit hour for adjuncts is $1,166, and only 37 percent are eligible for health insurance through their institution. And the adjunct workforce that has to navigate that compensation is composed of more faculty from "historically underrepresented groups" than the tenure-track workforce, according to the report."
A survey of 43,279 adjuncts across 263 institutions during the 2024–25 academic year collected pay data by discipline, institution type, race, gender and ethnicity. Adjuncts account for roughly 40 percent of all faculty, a share unchanged for a decade, yet earn substantially less than permanent faculty. Median pay per credit hour is $1,166 and only 37 percent are eligible for institutional health insurance. Women and Black instructors, and faculty in non‑STEM fields, are overrepresented among adjuncts. Pay inequities persist: Black men and women, Hispanic men, and white women receive $0.95 for every dollar paid to white male adjuncts.
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