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Re:Facing poverty, academics turn to sex work and sleeping i... by falcolas on Thursday September 28, 2017 @11:52AM (#15358079)
Six courses, $40,000 in pay; about $7,000 per course.

If we make a few rough assumptions based on the $1500 rent figure, and 3 credits average, the college is probably charging around $1,000 per credit, with a 30-40 person attendance per class.

So for one of those courses, the college is pulling in an estimated $90,000, and paying $7,000.

Huh.

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Re:Facing poverty, academics turn to sex work and sleeping i... by dvvc on Thursday September 28, 2017 @12:29PM (#15358449)
That's way too much for an adjunct. The article refers to 6 courses per semester, so she's probably pulling 12 per year at around $3k per course (assuming she's not teaching in summer).

Just so you have an idea, 4 courses per semester amount to what would be a full time job (if done right). In my experience most adjuncts / instructors have to teach up to 6 courses per semester, which results in them either being overworked, or doing a shitty job at teaching.

Not that this invalidates your conclusion, I find the difference between what the school charges versus what goes into the teachers' salary mind boggling.

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