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After you’ve completed a PhD program and are seeking a career in academia, you will likely have the opportunity to apply for postdocs, or post-doctoral research positions. These are research positions (so, they are jobs!) that are sort of sandwiched in between PhD student work and a faculty position at a college or university. Just as during any job search, you may have to be open to moving to a different city or state in order to secure one of these positions. At this point in your career, you can expect to be making around $35,000-$45,000 per year. To be sure, if you enter the candidate pool for a job in higher education, you will likely have to move to find a position that is congruent with your experience and interests. As a first year full-time professor, you can expect your salary to jump to at least $60,000 at most institutions. According to the BLS, college professors are a segment of the workforce that is expected to grow at about 15 percent by 2026, although many universities are phasing out full-time positions in favor of hiring cost-saving adjunct faculty members to teach several classes per year. These positions do not typically come with benefits, and many adjunct professors teach at several universities in order to create the equivalent of a full-time job for themselves.
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What is a possible disadvantage to securing a position as an adjunct professor?
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These positions are on the decline with the rise of millennial college enrollment.
These positions are on the decline with the rise of millennial college enrollment.
These positions do not usually offer benefits like health insurance.
These positions do not usually offer benefits like health insurance.
Many universities are phasing out adjunct positions in favor of hiring full-time professors.
Many universities are phasing out adjunct positions in favor of hiring full-time professors.
You’d likely be teaching at only one university, so if you like variation, this might not be a good fit.
You’d likely be teaching at only one university, so if you like variation, this might not be a good fit.
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What is a possible disadvantage to securing a position as an adjunct professor?
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These positions are on the decline with the rise of millennial college enrollment.
These positions are on the decline with the rise of millennial college enrollment.
These positions do not usually offer benefits like health insurance.
These positions do not usually offer benefits like health insurance.
Many universities are phasing out adjunct positions in favor of hiring full-time professors.
Many universities are phasing out adjunct positions in favor of hiring full-time professors.
You’d likely be teaching at only one university, so if you like variation, this might not be a good fit.
You’d likely be teaching at only one university, so if you like variation, this might not be a good fit.
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A possible disadvantage to securing a position as an adjunct professor is that these positions do not usually offer benefits like health insurance.