Miles Jackson wrote:
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> I'm happy to report that this phenomenon has not leaked into the
> community college world. There's typically only a range of $20,000 or
> so between the highest and lowest paid tenured positions, and the same
> salary schedule applies to everyone, whether they're teaching
> philosophy, computer science, or nursing. I've been faculty union
> prez at my college for a couple years now, and that has come up in
> bargaining: "we need to pay more in the high demand fields (sotto
> voce--screw the humanities profs, we need attract more nurses!)".
> Frankly, I won't budge on that: the "star system" undermines worker
> solidarity and does little or nothing to enhance learning for the
> students. --Next step: eliminate the egregious pay gap between
> part-time and tenured faculty teaching the same courses--
Absolutely. You're taking the right tack. I have to admit that when I think of going back to teaching....which I do quite a lot ... the only stuff that seems attractive is elementary school and junior college. It will probably wind up being junior college.
Joanna