supporting adjuncts

January 3, 2022

Rewarding Excellent Support for Non-tenure-track Faculty, Part II

By: Adrianna Kezar, PhD

The annual Delphi Award presents a $15,000 cash award to each of two applicants who have worked to support non-tenure-track, contingent and/or adjunct faculty. In the first installment of this article, we examined how California State University, Dominguez Hills, supports…

December 20, 2021

Rewarding Excellent Support for Non-tenure-track Faculty, Part I

By: Adrianna Kezar, PhD

For decades, campuses have hired increasing numbers of non-tenure track faculty. The number of adjunct faculty is now more than 52 percent of faculty nationally and full-time non-tenure track make up another 18 percent of the faculty, with all types…