Peralta adjunct faculty endure concerns over job security
One in four community college professors receives some form of public assistance such as food stamps or Medicaid, according to a recent study by the U.C. Berkeley Institute of Labor Relations.
“When jobs don’t pay enough, workers turn to public assistance in order to meet their basic needs,” the study noted.
“These public assistance programs provide vital support to millions of working families whose employers pay less than a livable wage.”
Part-time professors at the Peralta Colleges know this struggle all too well.
(All faculty members interviewed for this article chose to remain anonymous.)
