Austin Community College members, adjunct faculty scrutinize unequal pay increases

The adoption of Austin Community College’s $352 million budget on Monday came with what appeared to be across-the-board 3 percent raises for all employees. But several adjunct professors pointed out that, in fact, many of the adjunct faculty aren’t getting a full 3 percent raise thanks to a 2010 board policy amendment that aimed to put adjunct professors on an equal pay scale with full-time faculty but prevents many adjunct faculty members from getting the full 3 percent raise. “I’m concerned that adjunct faculty doesn’t have a compensation plan as equal or structured as our colleagues,” said Don Morris, an ACC adjunct professor, at […]

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