The podcast episodes highlight the challenges faced by adjunct professors, such as low pay, lack of job security, and limited benefits, which were key factors behind the creation of the online community college Campus and the recent strike by part-time faculty members at The New School.
In the Found episode 103277, the founder of Campus discusses how the company aims to improve higher education accessibility and affordability, in part by addressing the issues faced by adjunct professors. Similarly, the Season of the Bitch episode 53759 features an interview with an adjunct professor at The New School, highlighting the working conditions and lack of job security that prompted the recent faculty strike.
These episodes provide insights into the challenges adjunct professors face and the efforts being made to address them, both through innovative education models like Campus and direct action by faculty members.