As Adjuncts Unionize, Some College Costs Could Rise
The move to part-time adjuncts hasn’t lowered the cost of higher education for students and their families; costs have continued to increase faster than inflation. And the unionizing trend does not seem to have had a role in pushing those prices higher, either – at least, not so far: The percentage of expenses at public and private universities or colleges that goes to instruction (including faculty salaries) has held steady at 32 and 30 percent, respectively, since 2006, according to the American Institutes for Research. “Faculty, unionized or not, will not likely drive the cost of education higher,” says John Barnshaw, senior higher education researcher at AAUP, who noted that the main reason tuition has increased is because of state budget cuts to public universities.
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by Ryan Derousseau, US News and World Report.