https://t.co/FG89PgcswN“Thirty-one percent of part-time faculty are living near or below the federal poverty line.”31% too high #engl1102r19— Holly O (@hollymoreilly1) October 25, 2016
I’ve learned more about adjuncts this month than I ever have in my life and have noticed the struggles of being a professor #ENGL1102R20— Tim Uy (@timmy_uy) October 29, 2016
Why do colleges and universities want to shorthand adjuncts when their endowment says otherwise? Pls lmk #ENGL1102R19— Arnell Stewart (@arnellstewart_) October 24, 2016
Couldn’t believe it when Fredrickson mentioned the homeless prof. Adjuncts are professionals, they shouldn’t be on the streets #ENGL1102R20— Samantha Knice (@sknice19) October 29, 2016
I never fully understood what an adjunct professor was before talking about it in class. Now I feel frustrated for them. #ENGL1102R19— Vera (@vera_d123) October 29, 2016
@elizabeth_mcc12 it is interesting that this is such an issue with all teachers…most education least reward #ENGL1102R19— Shannon Smith (@SmithSsmith171) October 28, 2016
I wonder what the percentage of adjuncts are ppl of color #Engl1102r20— Delphine Mason (@delphine_mason8) October 25, 2016
To work at 13hr work week and still be at the poverty line while working at several schools is absolutely ridiculous #ENGL1102R20— Maryam Hasan (@MaymayH7) October 25, 2016
— Siera N (@Snezaj20) October 25, 2016
Once I started reading up on the adjunct situation, i could not stop. I am so unsettled by this injustice. #ENGL1102R19— Isabella (@Isabella_Comp2) October 27, 2016
how is it that adjuncts teaching students to so they can form careers, barely have stable careers themselves? #ENGL1102R19 “No Excuse…”— Siera N (@Snezaj20) October 25, 2016
Only $65 out of a $45k tuition goes to one professor for an entire semester… these numbers Frederickson provides are shocking #ENGL1102R19— David Dimagiba (@ddimagiba8) October 26, 2016
“Thirty-one percent of part-time faculty are living near or below the federal poverty line.” Wow. – Caroline Fredrickson #ENGL1102R20— Cynthia Collini (@cyncollini) October 24, 2016
It seems almost illegal that they can pay teachers who are very well educated such low salaries by calling them part time. #engl1102r19— Nicholas Tzavelis (@NTzavelis) October 25, 2016
Reading the article about adjuncts was very frustrating. Professors are the backbone of student education, they deserve better. #Engl1102r19— grace h (@graceperry224) October 30, 2016
Article: “There is no Excuse for How Universities Treat Adjuncts” points out the #GenderPayGap. Women need #EqualPay! It’s 2016 #ENGL1102R20— DeAnna Barronne (@dbarronne6) October 23, 2016
If elected, I really hope Clinton actually does something to improve the rights of contingent workers #ENGL1102R19— sheigel (@samanthaheigel) October 25, 2016
//platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsIn addition to tweeting, some students compiled this collective statement including a few personal anecdotes:
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Let’s keep talking with our students, listening to our students, and as they themselves have said, building broader solidarity with each other and with staff and faculty at all levels of higher education–across Canada and the US alike.