adjunct professor

An adjunct professor is a college or university professor whose employment is temporary or part-time.

Adjunct professor (often shortened to simply adjunct)�� is typically used to indicate that a professor does not have tenure or is not eligible for tenure. Tenure is a status granted to some professors (after they reach a certain amount of experience) that makes their position essentially permanent. Due to the temporary or part-time status of adjunct professors, this title sometimes carries a connotation that associates it with the difficulties of being in such a position, such as job insecurity and lack of benefits.

Example: My math professor is an adjunct professor so he might not be here next semester.

The term adjunct professor was first recorded around the 1820s. Adjunct comes from the Latin word adjunctus, meaning “attached” or “associated.” In this sense, an adjunct professor can be thought of as a temporary attachment, rather than a permanent addition, to the teaching staff of a college or university.

The role of adjunct professors is similar to that of associate or assistant professors with the exception that adjuncts are not eligible for tenure. Tenure-track professors are usually employed full-time for a probationary period (often several years) before they receive tenure. Adjunct professors, on the other hand, often work part-time and without the possibility of gaining tenure. Many professors begin their teaching careers as adjunct professors before they’re able to get full-time teaching positions.

The trend of hiring professors for part-time work, rather than for full contracts that could lead to tenure, has increased since the 1970s. The difficulty of gaining tenure can make it difficult for adjunct professors to earn a living by teaching, especially since their workload may be comparable to their tenured colleagues but does not result in the same compensation or benefits.

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• tenure
• contract
• semester
• higher education

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• assistant professor
• associate professor
• lecturer

The term adjunct professor often brings to mind the temporary nature of the position.

I reached my major goals for 2019. I know I should be planning for 2020, but I honestly want to relax & just freestyle it for a little while. One goal is to become an adjunct professor in a STEM related field!

— Dr. Ronald Gatewood, Ph.D💻⌨️ (@ProfessorTECH_)

Great Workshop. SO glad to have attended. The speaker who is a research associate at Harvard University and also an adjunct professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst did a great job.

— Amo Aduragbemi (@AmoAduragbemi)

My ten-year challenge:

– MS Public Health
– Masters in Translation Studies
– 5 years as adjunct professor at 2 universities
– Working on PhD in Translation & Language Sciences with a focus on health communication

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— Amy Dara Hochberg (@YogaWithAmyDara)

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Is adjunct professor used correctly in the following sentence?

I was granted tenure after serving as an adjunct professor for seven years.