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New Mexico's Senate passed legislation last year that requires a living wage for those who work at public schools, including public colleges and universities. This would have a huge impact on faculty compensation. The New Mexico House is considering the Bill now. Here's a great Letter to the Editor urging its passage and implementation.

LETTER: New Mexico adjunct faculty deserve a living wage   Last year, New Mexico’s Legislature enacted Senate Bill 1 which guaranteed a living wage to all public educators teaching pre-K through 12th grade. This year, New Mexico’s Legislature should enact House Bill 417, a bill that proposes to establish a comparable living wage for all faculty t...

From our long-time pal in Washington State, Keith Hoeller.

Are you still paying off student loans? Here' some math: In the 2020-2021 academic year, the College Board found that 51% of students who graduated from public four-year institutions left with federal debt averaging more than $21,000 per person.

In the 1968-1969 academic year, adjusted for inflation, it cost $1,545 to attend a public, four-year institution, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d21/tables/dt21_330.10.asp . This includes tuition, fees, room and board. That’s compared with $29,033 in the 2020-2021 school year, data shows.

If education costs had remained in line with inflation, that number would be around $12,000 per year.

College tuition has risen almost 300 percent more than the cost of inflation.

Average undergraduate tuition, fees, room, and board rates charged for full-time students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1963-64 through 2020-21 The primary purpose of the Digest of Education Statistics is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and dr...

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Higher Ed. Columnist Wanted This year, AdjunctNation is celebrating its 30th anniversary. For the past three decades, the publication has been giving adjunct faculty and their allies a voice, a place online to call home and a Part-Time Thoughts column for writers who want to stand up for the 1,000,000 women and men who teach p...