Academic Precarity: Navigating the Adjunct Psychology
Defining the Adjunct Role and Scope of Work The term Adjunct Faculty refers to instructors in higher education who are employed on a contingent, non-tenure-track basis. Unlike tenured or tenure-track faculty members, who typically hold continuous appointments and possess significant institutional protections, adjunct faculty operate under fixed-term contracts, often renewed semester-to-semester or year-to-year. This structural […]