Bergen Community College in Paramus, New Jersey, just laid off 64 full-time lecturers.

They were, however, invited to re-apply as adjuncts.

The average salary of the lecturers was $38,600 plus benefits, reports NorthJersey.com. They each taught five courses a semester, or ten a year. As adjuncts, they would get paid $2,100 per course without benefits.

If my math is right, they have the right to apply for a pay cut of $17,600, with benefits gone, to boot. That’s a reduction of nearly 46 percent.

Tenured faculty were not affected.

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