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Do some companies pay a lot more for this position than others? What does a top earner make in this field?

What skills should you learn to increase your salary?

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Steve Kiley in San Diego, California

63 months ago

What are typical adjunct professor salaries in California?

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Jada in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

44 months ago

I worked at a career and tech school (one of those ones that change name/ownership every few years), first time, teaching a juvenile delinqurency course for criminal justice students at $25/hr. I have a master's degree.

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gloria in Crestview, Florida

43 months ago

I am thinking of applying for an adjunct instructor in a local university but I don't understand it when mentioned (on the announcement) that they "pay $15oo minimum per course". Does that mean if I taught 3 courses I'd monthly get $3500?

Thank you everyone

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gloria in Crestview, Florida

43 months ago

sorry, I mean $4500.

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Angie in New York, New York

40 months ago

No, it means that you'll make $1500/semester/course. If you taught three courses in one semester, you'd make $4500 total for the entire 4 month semester.

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chry in Cincinnati, Ohio

35 months ago

gloria in Crestview, Florida said: I am thinking of applying for an adjunct instructor in a local university but I don't understand it when mentioned (on the announcement) that they "pay $15oo minimum per course". Does that mean if I taught 3 courses I'd monthly get $3500?

Thank you everyone

yes. if it is a three credit hour course, you are getting 500 per cr/hr or 1500 per course

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chry in Cincinnati, Ohio

35 months ago

yes. if it is 1500 per course that would be the same as 500 per credit hour on a 3 credit hour course. if you taught 3 courses during their quarters or semesters that is 4500.00

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Julius in Alexandria, Virginia

34 months ago

I was thinking about applying for a position in environmental science as an adjunct instructor. Do the math and science courses pay better than other areas.

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TC in Blythewood, South Carolina

31 months ago

I just got a contract with a local college to teach a 6-hour workshop at $30 per hour. I have a master's degree, but the class is a community interest class...

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none in Columbia, South Carolina

18 months ago

I presently make $1,500/credit hour teaching for a local university and $916/credit hour at a local community college. I have a masters degree in the field and a JD. The JD is of limited relationship to the subject matter, but it allows them to list me as terminally qualified.

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SesComm in Whitehall, Pennsylvania

16 months ago

In Pa. with a Ph.D., we make between $2,000 and $3,000 per course, per semester. That rate is spread over an avg. of 12 weeks for the course. Do the math and you may be sad.

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Joe in Harvey, Illinois

14 months ago

Terrible. Do not get involved in this racket.

2,000 per a class.

The students are ignorant on this issue, those outside the academy love to glory in it and those within the academy want to escape from it.

Don't enter the contingent faculty prison. Once in, it is hard to get out.

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angelam in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

11 months ago

I have applied for a position as an adjunct professor in the developmental studies department at a two year college in my community. Currently, I work part time as a writing tutor at the college and very much enjoy the ESL and developmental students; however I would like to learn more about the program. The job listing is vague and states only that an adjunct is paid by course hours. I am more than qualified for the position, but I would only be interested in teaching one three hour course. I am semi-retired and money is not so much the object for me as is my desire to explore what I believe are the benefits of a pre-college program for high school graduates who are not quite mature enough for college; those students who flunk out freshman year because they lack basic skills. My question is this. Because I am only interested in teaching the minimum number of hours, would I be considered for an adjunct position, or are colleges, like corporations, looking for qualified people whom they can overwork and underpay?

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LFFF in Duncan, Oklahoma

10 months ago

Angelam: Did you apply? I recently started as an adjunct in an Oklahoma regional university for a developmental course.
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angelam in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma said: I have applied for a position as an adjunct professor in the developmental studies department at a two year college in my community . Currently, I work part time as a writing tutor at the college and very much enjoy the ESL and developmental students; however I would like to learn more about the program. The job listing is vague and states only that an adjunct is paid by course hours. I am more than qualified for the position, but I would only be interested in teaching one three hour course. I am semi-retired and money is not so much the object for me as is my desire to explore what I believe are the benefits of a pre-college program for high school graduates who are not quite mature enough for college; those students who flunk out freshman year because they lack basic skills. My question is this. Because I am only interested in teaching the minimum number of hours, would I be considered for an adjunct position, or are colleges, like corporations, looking for qualified people whom they can overwork and underpay?

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Dee Davis in Chattanooga, Tennessee

7 months ago

Alan Abel in Brookfield, Connecticut said: As a professional lecturer over the past four decades ("Using Your Wits To Win"), I started out earning $50 and lunch for my first two-hour performance plus Q. and A. Presently, my fee is $7,500 plus all expenses. Not bad for a graduate of Ohio State University with a B.S. Degree in Education . Here is a link to a segment of my lecture before a video class in Troy,NY.

www.mediasanctuary.org/movie/481

The Ohio State University- Go Bucks

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