part-time instructors

["Charles Brown" <CharlesB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From the December 1, 2000 Chronicle of Higher Education

Study Shows Colleges' Dependence on Their Part-Time Instructors ...
documents the low pay and lack of benefits for those off
the tenure track

By ANA MARIE COX

 After relying for years on anecdotal evidence and outdated
statistics, the debate over the use of part-time faculty members took
on new urgency last week with the release of a report filled with hard
data. It suggested an even darker view of the situation than
conventional wisdom supposed, showing that nontenure-track instructors
make up almost half of the teaching staff in many humanities and
social-science disciplines.

The report, based on a survey sponsored by a coalition of 25
disciplinary associations, also said that part-time and adjunct
professors receive far less pay and far fewer benefits than their
peers.