Question

Why have many universities begun hiring more adjunct professors?

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Responses

Universities want to hire the most highly-educated faculty they can and adjunct professors typically hold PhDs or other terminal degrees in their fields.

Universities want to hire the most highly-educated faculty they can and adjunct professors typically hold PhDs or other terminal degrees in their fields.

Many universities are under pressure to cap salaries at $60,000 so adjunct professors who agree to “job-share” make this more possible.

Many universities are under pressure to cap salaries at $60,000 so adjunct professors who agree to “job-share” make this more possible.

They are more cost-effective to hire than full-time professors because they are given fewer benefits, like health insurance.

They are more cost-effective to hire than full-time professors because they are given fewer benefits, like health insurance.

Universities are following the trend of European schools who

Answer 1

have historically employed a larger proportion of adjunct faculty to manage costs and provide flexible staffing options.

Overall, the primary reason many universities have begun hiring more adjunct professors is that they are more cost-effective to hire than full-time professors because they are given fewer benefits, like health insurance.