Adjunct Professors are Organizing; Demanding Better Pay, Respect

'For educators trying to secure a full-time position as a college professor, that road is often paved by years of working as an adjunct professor. The positions do not guarantee future employment, and payment is based on the number of classes taught, without taking into account the extra time put into grading papers or meeting with students. Both public and private schools over the decades have increasingly come to rely on adjunct professors, leaving many earning poverty-level wages without hopes of working toward a tenure-tracked job. But adjuncts are organizing, and their successes are taking place even in right-to-work states like Florida, where unionization is more difficult. Danielle Douglas-Gabriel is a reporter covering the economics of education for The Washington Post. She joins The Takeaway to share her reporting.' -- The Takeaway