Though adjunct faculty are often hired semester after semester they should not expect automatic re-appointment. Neither should adjunct faculty expect that seniority will be accrued or that their appointment will lead to a full-time position. If they are qualified and if a position is open they are welcome to apply like any other qualified individual. Salary Salaries for adjunct instruction on undergraduate, graduate, and professional levels are set by the university administration and are occasionally reviewed. Supply and demand conditions may call for adjustments in certain academic fields but these are decided on an individual basis.
Adjunct personnel are ineligible to participate in the incremental pay plan of the university.
Issuance of Payroll Checks Adjunct faculty members are paid at the same time as full-time faculty members, normally the 20th of the month. The adjunct faculty member is ineligible for retirement system contribution deductions unless he or she has indicated membership in the Teacher Retirement System of State Employees Retirement System. All others will have deductions made for contributions to the federal Social Security System. According to state regulations governing our group insurance program, an employee must work the equivalent of 30 hours per week, based on a 40 hour week in order to be eligible for membership in the group. Adjunct faculty members are not eligible to participate in any of the individual personal deducted programs authorized.