SHARED STORIES Mallory, Former Faculty Jean-Paul, Faculty Elizabeth, PT Faculty & Staff  “It's amazing to finally have weekends off for the first time in my life. When you work weekends, you constantly have to miss important events such as weddings, anniversaries, cookouts, etc. because you can't afford to take the time off since you have no benefits such as vacation days.” I have been an Adjunct Faculty at 4Cs since 2003. Only once in all of that time have I been … [Read more...]

SHARED STORIES Mallory, Former Faculty Jean-Paul, Faculty Elizabeth, PT Faculty & Staff  “To do this work, I took a five figure pay cut. To make up the difference, because I had a young family, a mortgage, mortgage-sized daycare payments, and nightmares about college tuition bills in my future, I soon took on extra courses beyond my 5/5 teaching load.” Like some others I know, I came to my full-time faculty position at a community college after having spent time … [Read more...]

SHARED STORIES Mallory, Former Faculty Jean-Paul, Faculty Elizabeth, PT Faculty & Staff  “I used to be a community college instructor. It’s important that you understand why I’m not anymore… I chose to leave community college teaching due to low wages well before the influx of students from MassEducate, and well before bursts of inflation exacerbated strain on earnings. ” I loved my job, and please forgive this expression of pride, but I was very good at it. I enjoyed … [Read more...]