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The 2013 Colorado Adjuncts Index
Percentage of faculty in the Colorado Community College System (CCCS) who are adjunct:
71%1
Percentage of all courses taught by adjunct faculty:
70% 2
Annual average, before-tax income, CCCS adjunct faculty members:
$15,000 3
Annual median salary, Colorado State Employee Custodian III:
$33,42019
Living wage, minimum, Jefferson County, Colorado, one adult:
$19,275 4
Number of adjuncts at work in CCCS, 2006-07(recent figure unavailable on CCCS Web site): 3,500 5
Number of times the terms “adjunct,” or “adjunct faculty” appear in the CCCS Strategic Plan:
0 6
Ranks of concern for salaries for full-time faculty and deans in 2011 CCCS Salary Survey:
Top two 7
Recommended change to adjunct wages , 2011 CCCS Salary Survey:
0 7
Average salary, full-time faculty (9-months/year), per 2011 CCCS Salary Survey:
$46,618 8
Average salary, CCCS deans, per 2011 CCCS Salary Survey:
$74, 959 8
Average salary, CCCS vice-presidents, in 2010 per 2011 CCCS Salary Survey:
$101,845 8
Average salary, CCCS level III directors, per 2011 CCCS Salary Survey:
$86, 703 8
Annual Salary, CCCS President Nancy McCallin, 2009:
$266,695 9
Total CCCS revenue, all sources (tuition and government), 2009-10:
$543.494 million 10
Total CCCS expenses, 2009-10:
$493.196 million 11
Total CCCS full and part-time faculty and staff, 2009-10:
5,634 12
Total CCCS full and part-time faculty and staff, 2009-10 less 3,500 adjunct faculty:
2,134
Total CCCS combined payroll, 2009-10:
$268.633 million 13
Estimated CCCS adjunct payroll (3,500 x $15,000), 2009-10:
$52.5 million 14
Number of students, CCCS statewide, 2009-10:
151,00015
Value of unpaid labor CCCS adjunct faculty annually donate to Colorado taxpayers:
$19 million 16
Price tag, one-stop student center, completed 2012, Westminster campus:
$5.253 million17
The number of people teaching in American colleges and universities:
1.5 million 18
The number of those teachers who are adjunct or contingent faculty:
1 million 18
1 Colorado Community College System. "Our Funding." Colorado Community College
Sourcebook, 2008, p. 4. Web Jan. 6, 2013.
2 Colorado Adjuncts. “An Informal Q&A with President Andy Dorsey.” Adjunct Network, 1.2,
p. 4, Spring, 2012, Web 6 Jan. 2013.
3 Colorado Community College System. "Our Funding."Colorado Community College
Sourcebook, 2008, p. 3. Web Jan. 6, 2013.
4 Gastmeier, Amy and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Living Wage Calculation
Jefferson County, Colo.” Living Wage Calculator: Poverty in America, 2012, Web 6
Jan. 2013.
5 Cashwell, Allison. “Factors Affecting Part-time Faculty Job Satisfaction in the Colorado
Community College System.” Diss. Colorado State University, 2009, p. 5. Web 21
May 2012.
6 Colorado Community College System. Strategic Plan, n.d., CCCS, Web 6 Jan. 2013.
7 McDonnell, Barbara (Executive Vice President, CCCS). Salary Survey Discussion. State
Board of Community Colleges and Occupational Education, May 11, 2011, p.1, Web 6
Jan. 2013.
8 Heier, Cynthia (Executive Director, Human Resources, CCCS). Salary and Benefits
Comparison. State Board of Community Colleges and Occupational Education, May
11, 2011, pp. 63-87, Web 6 Jan. 2013.
9 Perez, Gayle. “CSU Chancellor Lower Pay Not Uncommon,” The Pueblo Chieftain, July 25,
2009, Web 6 Jan. 2013.
10 Economic Modeling Specialists, Int. Economic Contributions of the Colorado Community
College System, Main Report. Jan. 2012, p. 11. CCCS, Web 7 Jan. 2013.
11 Economic Modeling Specialists, Int. Economic Contributions of the Colorado Community
College System, Main Report. Jan. 2012, p. 12. CCCS, Web 7 Jan. 2013.
12 Economic Modeling Specialists, Int. Economic Contributions of the Colorado Community
College System, Main Report. Jan. 2012, p. 11. CCCS, Web 7 Jan. 2013.
13 Economic Modeling Specialists, Int. Economic Contributions of the Colorado Community
College System, Main Report. Jan. 2012, p. 11. CCCS, Web 7 Jan. 2013.
14 Cashwell, Allison. “Factors Affecting Part-time Faculty Job Satisfaction in the Colorado
Community College System.” Diss. Colorado State University, 2009, p. 5. Web 21
May 2012. (using Cashwell’s figure of 3,500 adjuncts, 2006-07) and annual salary,
per adjunct, of $15,000 per: Colorado Community College System. “Our Funding,”
Colorado Community College Sourcebook, 2008, p. 3. Web Jan. 6, 2013.
15 Economic Modeling Specialists, Int. Economic Contributions of the Colorado Community
College System, Main Report. Jan. 2012, p. 12. CCCS, Web 7 Jan. 2013.
16 Colorado Adjuncts. “Signs for Library Display, Campus Equity Week Oct. 22, 2012.”
Colorado Adjuncts, Web 7 Jan. 2013.
17 Colorado Community College System. "Our Funding."Colorado Community College
Sourcebook, 2008, p. 15. Web Jan. 6, 2013.
18 Bérubé, Michael. “From the President: Among the Majority.” Modern Language
Association, n.d., Web Jan. 6, 2013.
19 Nesbitt, K., Layton-Root, D. “Appendix B: Salary Survey Reference” Annual Compensation
Survey Report for FY 2013-2014, Colorado Department of Personnel &
Administration. Aug. 1, 2012, p. 30. Web 10 Jan. 2013.
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