Iz zapisa v NYTimes iz pred nekaj dni, pod naslovom “Gap Widens for Faculty at Colleges, Report Finds”
For the academic elite — tenured professors at private research universities — average pay this year is $167,118, while at public research universities such professors earn $123,393, according to the annual report by the American Association of University Professors.
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And with stretched budgets and public pressure to keep costs down, many colleges and universities are cutting back on tenure and tenure-track jobs. According to the report, such positions now make up only 24 percent of the academic work force, with the bulk of the teaching load shifted to adjuncts, part-timers, graduate students and full-time professors not on the tenure track.
…Coalition on the Academic Workforce survey[ed] … more than 10,000 part-time faculty members, finding that their median pay per course in 2010 was $2,700.
Le 24% pozicij je tenure-track!
