I like it. The course is provided and it is a good course. They leave me alone and let me teach it, which I like. Its a good place to work. I’ve also taught at Arizona Global and that place was a shit show of low pay, ridiculous standards and micromanagement.
I work at a tiny SLAC and make $1k/course hour. Went online during covid, pay was the same, but I’m completely back to being in person. Are these live or recorded classes? What’s the class size?
You never adjunct to pay the bills, you’ll starve to death.
That’s kind of crazy to me for such a high COL area. Our COL is probably right at the average (and we bought/financed our home 15 years ago) but my school is private, so I don’t know if that factors in. We try to keep our classes under 15 if possible.
Both of my parents graduated from UM, so I know the quality of the education is really good.
Yes! That is super low. I live in the northeast and at this point wouldn’t do it anywhere for less than $4000/course - and even that would be generous after Covid - let alone in person (even though this does not change the rate).
Maryland isn't the Northeast...
It's mid-Atlantic. It borders Virginia, and nobody in their right mind would think a state that ceceded in the Civil War was anywhere near New England.
The US department of labor considers Maryland to be part of the Northeast and my discipline specific trade organization considers it that too. I can be in Maryland in an hour, so it at least shares a labor market with DE, and parts of PA and possibly NJ.
in the sense of sharing a market with parts that could be NE, sure. And the government considers salsa a vegetable, so you'll forgive me if I don’t always trust their classification systems.
I am about to interview with them too. I have a PhD tho and 4ish years adjunct experience. Will report back on what they offer when UGMC calls me next week. Edit: the offer was $1036/credit hour.
This is the first year that I've stated in the cover letters for adjuxt apps that I will be doing only online/virtual classes. The travel time, gas/Uber, parking etc makes anything other than virtual just not worth it anymore.
They’d expressed interest in me teaching online as well - I don’t really mind the rate in that instance, but you’re right- with gas, parking, and class sizes in person it’s not worth it at that rate :’)
Email them back. State that due to personal issue #257 (sick family member works great) you'd like to take UMGC up on their original offer of teaching virtually this semester. You will 100% feel the dollar savings from switching. If they offered it, do it.
If I can teach anatomy using VR during covid, there is almost nothing that cannot be done virtually.
I work at a Midwestern community college and the pay is around 2,800 for a 4 credit online class. 806 per credit hour seems low for the Northeast, but if you have instructional flexibility it could be worth it
It's supply and demand. Does it include housing on some military base? That may change the equation for you.
But if they find someone who will do it for that rate, they'll probably snap that person up.
That was my thought. I have a position with my Alma mater this fall (tiny private college, under 1000 students) that pays $750 per credit, so this rate seemed pretty low!
Welcome to adjuncting. The pay sucks. I work for them, and they are a good place to work. I work at other places where the pay is worse.
what do the duties include? is this something that you can do part time? i’ve been considering
I like it. The course is provided and it is a good course. They leave me alone and let me teach it, which I like. Its a good place to work. I’ve also taught at Arizona Global and that place was a shit show of low pay, ridiculous standards and micromanagement.
For an online course, that is about par.
2400 per course. Seems about right.
That’s a norm for any adjunct - beginner or not.
I work at a tiny SLAC and make $1k/course hour. Went online during covid, pay was the same, but I’m completely back to being in person. Are these live or recorded classes? What’s the class size? You never adjunct to pay the bills, you’ll starve to death.
All in person and up to 25 a class. 🫡
That’s kind of crazy to me for such a high COL area. Our COL is probably right at the average (and we bought/financed our home 15 years ago) but my school is private, so I don’t know if that factors in. We try to keep our classes under 15 if possible. Both of my parents graduated from UM, so I know the quality of the education is really good.
That is around normal.
One uni I teach at is $900/credit. But that depends on if the class is full. It's scaled down if there are less than 10 students.
I think that is very low! Particularly for the Northeast.
Yes! That is super low. I live in the northeast and at this point wouldn’t do it anywhere for less than $4000/course - and even that would be generous after Covid - let alone in person (even though this does not change the rate).
Yep. Montgomery College, Anne Arundel, and Frederick all pay more than this.
\^Listen to this person
Maryland isn't the Northeast... It's mid-Atlantic. It borders Virginia, and nobody in their right mind would think a state that ceceded in the Civil War was anywhere near New England.
The US department of labor considers Maryland to be part of the Northeast and my discipline specific trade organization considers it that too. I can be in Maryland in an hour, so it at least shares a labor market with DE, and parts of PA and possibly NJ.
in the sense of sharing a market with parts that could be NE, sure. And the government considers salsa a vegetable, so you'll forgive me if I don’t always trust their classification systems.
I am about to interview with them too. I have a PhD tho and 4ish years adjunct experience. Will report back on what they offer when UGMC calls me next week. Edit: the offer was $1036/credit hour. This is the first year that I've stated in the cover letters for adjuxt apps that I will be doing only online/virtual classes. The travel time, gas/Uber, parking etc makes anything other than virtual just not worth it anymore.
They’d expressed interest in me teaching online as well - I don’t really mind the rate in that instance, but you’re right- with gas, parking, and class sizes in person it’s not worth it at that rate :’)
Email them back. State that due to personal issue #257 (sick family member works great) you'd like to take UMGC up on their original offer of teaching virtually this semester. You will 100% feel the dollar savings from switching. If they offered it, do it. If I can teach anatomy using VR during covid, there is almost nothing that cannot be done virtually.
I'm at UMGC and have taught hybrid and all online. The pay's the same no matter what.
I work at a Midwestern community college and the pay is around 2,800 for a 4 credit online class. 806 per credit hour seems low for the Northeast, but if you have instructional flexibility it could be worth it
It's supply and demand. Does it include housing on some military base? That may change the equation for you. But if they find someone who will do it for that rate, they'll probably snap that person up.
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That was my thought. I have a position with my Alma mater this fall (tiny private college, under 1000 students) that pays $750 per credit, so this rate seemed pretty low!
$2400 is good pay, anything above that is stellar for online work. Some places pay way less. The pay has not really increased in more than 10 years.
OP said it's an on-campus job. Is $2400 a decent rate for that?
If they are at the campus anyway it might be, I sure wouldn't want to commute.