- Maintained evaluative information on adjuncts--teaching evaluations, areas of greater or lesser expertise, past courses taught etc., belief/philosophy compatibility information
- Provided teacher training to adjuncts (online/onsite, various online platforms), information on various universities and their beliefs/philosophies (what they're looking for)
- Provided health care/retirement options for adjuncts
- Universities would have to pay a slightly higher rate than normal for the use of this adjunct pool, who would presumably be a cut above random adjuncts, more dependable, etc. ($1000 a credit hour?).
- Presumably the vast majority of the teaching would be online
- Part of the funding for the organization might come from endowment, grants, etc. This endowment might pay the salaries of a small infrastructure while also supplementing pay per course.
- 8-10 courses a year might be considered a maximum load, taught throughout 12 months.
The goal would be to provide at least the possibility of a $40,000 a year option for a quality adjunct with health care. I wonder if someone will do this...
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I see two difficulties. 1) The adjuncts being willing or able to pay union dues, which would amount to a pay cut, at least in the short term. 2) Achieving a critical mass of adjunct professors such that union prices can't simply be undercut by the huge pool of non-union adjuncts willing to work for less. Perhaps if the entrepreneur targeted the right region(s) to begin, a place with the right cost of living, enough colleges and universities, and a limited pool of adjuncts.
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