Number of part-time and full-time faculty over the years

Over the last decade, colleges and universities have supplemented full-time professors with part-time adjuncts. The reliance on adjuncts, who complain of low pay and unstable hours, has changed the face of higher education.

Source: SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Human Resources component (provisional data). Created with Datawrapper