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Minnesota State trustees hear hour‑long study session on contingent faculty as long‑term adjuncts describe precarity
Summary
At a study session, system leaders gave counts and contract context for contingent appointments while contingent instructors described years of service paired with short‑term scheduling that can strip benefits and cause financial and mental‑health harm.
The Board of Trustees of Minnesota State held a one‑hour study session on contingent faculty (date not specified) during which system leaders and contingent instructors laid out system counts and personal accounts of instability and lost benefits.
Vice Chancellor Davis opened with a definition: contingent appointments are "not unlimited, not probationary, not tenure track," and he gave system counts: college faculty headcount of 1,794 contingent instructors (about 45% of headcount; 614 FTE ≈ 23%), and university contingent headcount of 1,308 (about 45% headcount; 561 FTE ≈ 27%). Davis also cited College Faculty Agreement Article 20, Section 7, noting colleges must have at least 70% of total FTE in unlimited appointments (and state colleges not less than 60%), which places a contractual cap on contingent…
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