CANADA 50%OF UNDERGRADUATES STUDENTS IN COLLEGES ARE TAUGHT BY CONTRACT LECTURERS WHO ARE POORLY PAID PART TIMERS In Canada today, it is estimated that more than half of all undergraduates are taught by contract lecturers. Not all of those people live on the margins. But there are many thousands who are trying to cobble together a full-time salary with part-time work, writes Ira Basen for CBC News. In Canada today, it is estimated that more than half of all undergraduates are taught by contract lecturers. Not all of those people live on the margins. But there are many thousands who are trying to cobble together a full-time salary with part-time work, writes Ira Basen for CBC News. They often teach the large introductory courses that tenured faculty like to avoid. They put in 60- to 70-hour weeks grading hundreds of essays and exams, for wages that sometimes barely break the poverty line. According to figures provided by the Laurier Faculty Association, 52% of Laurier students were taught by contract academic staff in 2012, up from 38% in 2008. But of all the money the university spends during the year, less than four cents out of every dollar goes towards their salaries. So the university spends less than 4% of its budget to teach more than 50% of its students.
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 02:07:57 +0000
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