Who and How Many are We

Robin Barry said in The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 18, 2009, that  the journal's survey if 625 adjuncts in Chicago area colleges found that "despite the fact that 80 percent of the adjuncts who responded said part-time teaching earned them $20,000 a year or less, an overwhelming number said they were satisfied or very satisfied with their jobs."   About half said part-time teaching worked well with the other demands on their time and in their lives.  Read the whole article here