To those outside of academia, college professors lead charmed lives. What’s not to love with the Hollywood version of twelve-hour work
weeks, six figure salaries, meaningful discussions of the mind, summers off, and even paid sabbaticals for pet projects? For those who toil in the trenches, teaching mandatory freshman composition and literature classes, the grim reality is quite different. According to recent data put out by New Faculty Majority, 75.5% of college faculty are contingent, meaning off the tenure track. That is 1.3 out of 1.8 million faculty members at large.
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