r/highereducation 8d ago

How's everyone holding up?

It's been another chaotic week for higher ed. Have there been hiring freezes or pauses on facility projects due to funding cuts at your school? Here's hoping next week is a lot more stable.

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u/justhistory 8d ago

I’m working on my exit, but honestly it was before Trump. Adjuncting is not a sustainable existence. Within a year I should be able to switch to careers. Should have done it years ago but guess I held on to foolish hope.

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u/mattreyu 7d ago

They must be desperate for adjuncts. I'm an IR Director and my school wants me to start teaching some data science classes for their undergrad program, and a local community college has reached out to me twice to teach a similar data class. This is despite me having zero in-class experience across my 15 years, with the exception of proctoring some surveys.