The California Community College System could get a $170 million boost in state funding to hire full-time faculty members. The system’s budget officers aren’t thrilled about it… “While it’s not surprising that college administrators would like completely unrestricted dollars, California must address the ongoing problem of balancing a college’s books by paying the majority of its faculty poorly and on one semester contracts.” Nationally, about 40 percent of adjunct faculty members struggle to cover basic household expenses, and nearly 25 percent need public assistance, according to a 2020 report by the American Federation of Teachers.

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by Sara Weissman, Inside Higher Ed.

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