At the University of Arizona, 51% of faculty are not on the tenure-track, earn a minimum annual salary of $32,000 and teach on a short-term basis.
Kathryn Palmer Nataly Reed’s landlord increased her rent by $300 over the past year. As a contingent faculty member in the English department at the University of Arizona, she teaches a full-time course load on a short-term contract. Now, the inflated cost of living in Arizona has her wondering how much further she’ll be able to stretch her salary.
‘Job security, thriving wages’As of fall 2022, contingent faculty make up 51% of the UA’s teaching staff, which is part of a decades-long national trend toward colleges and universities relying more heavily on non-tenure track faculty. “When people are hired to teach courses on a part-time basis and with no job security, professors disappear,” said Reed, who explained that from what she’s seen, those inconsistencies can hurt students who may not be able to take a key course or build strong relationships with their professors.
$25 by 2025But even if there is a possibility for an eventual promotion, the $32,000 minimum salary for full-time contingent faculty set by the UA, Reed said, is one of the big reasons behind the union’s call for a $25 minimum hourly wage by 2025.
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