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Surely, the age-old fight between "contract workers are cheaper than full-time employees" is at play. Easier to hire and fire a contractor, and no benefits to p

Surely, the age-old fight between "contract workers are cheaper than full-time employees" is at play. Easier to hire and fire a contractor, and no benefits to pay. I don't know the numbers for sure, but I wouldn't be surprised if tenured professors perhaps have one-quarter of the teaching workload at twice the price.

VLM 12y ago
"at twice the price" Its far more extreme, 10x to 20x Ask around for people who've contract taught to get the "resume stuffer". Generally a couple thousand bucks per class. Vs $100K+/yr for a tenured prof (depending on field, etc).
- unreal37 12y ago
  On an $/hours-taught basis, yes, I'm sure! Not judging, but I see the appeal of this to the university.
- tjl 12y ago
  At my university, it was $6000 per course. I don't know if it's gone up. Considering that a TA (in STEM courses) was about half that, it isn't much.