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UD cited for reliance on full-time faculty
5:08 p.m., Sept. 30, 2003--A front-page article in the Sept. 30 edition of the Wilmington, Del., News Journal on the use of part-time or adjunct faculty at higher education institutions in Delaware affirms that UD is “an exception to most schools across the country” because of its commitment to hiring full-time faculty and a very modest reliance on adjunct/supplemental faculty.
However, the article does present an inaccurate impression of growth among adjunct/supplemental faculty at UD. The article’s statement that there has been a 60 percent increase in the number of supplemental faculty in the last few years is inaccurate, according to Provost Dan Rich. Statistics show that use of supplemental faculty has remained low and fairly constant, Rich said. Less than 10 percent of all scheduled UD classes are taught by supplemental faculty. In fall 2000, supplemental faculty taught 574 of 6,145 sections (or 9.3 percent). Two years later, supplemental faculty taught 578 of 6,249 sections (or 9.2 percent).
“The article does correctly characterize UD as the exception in the state of Delaware,” Rich said, “and notes our commitment to full-time faculty.”
Compensation rates for supplemental faculty are the same as those for overload instruction by full-time faculty, and these rates are included in the collective bargaining agreement between the University and the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).
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