John F. Gills, Adjunct Faculty, Elmhurst College
Sustaining the effort of teaching and especially the burden of grading papers would be easier for writing teachers if a better balance existed between personal satisfaction, peer support, and salary. [MORE]
Gloria Nardini, Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago
I expend my real energies more on my own work than on my class work. I don’t mean that I’m negligent. I am merely competent when perhaps I could be brilliant. [MORE]
Colleen Birchett, Lecturer, University of Illinois at Chicago
The question remains that if I am good enough to teach the courses that need to be taught, why am I not good enough to have some type of security added to my position, or at least to be paid on par with the tenure-track faculty? [MORE]
Daiva Markelis, Assistant Professor, Eastern Illinois University
We all know of tenured professors who underprepare for classes and never look at student evaluations. This is not to say that I don't believe I should be higher paid for the work I do. I should, and I am currently looking for a position that would pay me what I am worth. At the same time, I continue to teach as I always have. [MORE]
Mary Kay Mulvaney, Assistant Professor, Elmhurst College
While I am upset and disappointed about the low pay of lecturers, I cannot honestly say that I am less devoted to my job because of it. Ironically, I suspect that my institution knows that and, thus, I help perpetuate the system. [MORE]
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