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Why adjunct professors are struggling to make ends meet

Why adjunct professors are struggling to make ends meet

02/06/2014 | Rating NR

PBS News Hour

Why adjunct professors are struggling to make ends meet

Clip: 2/6/2014 | 8m 51s

Why adjunct professors are struggling to make ends meet

Juggling multiple part-time jobs, earning little-to-no benefits, depending on public assistance: This is the financial reality for many adjunct professors across the nation. Economics correspondent Paul Solman looks for the origins of this growing employment trend at colleges and universities.

02/06/2014 | Rating NR

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