Pros
Teaching students Engagement with students
Cons
Indianapolis Systems office has poor organizational skills and it takes years to get policies updated (except 8 wk classes.) Unequal pay for professors with the same jobs and years of experience. Pay discrepancies across the state. Few pay raises or bonuses. Lack of support when harassment cases occur. Overall lack of support for full time instructors against unruly students and disgruntled adjuncts. Having to watch students with learning disabilities suffer in fast-paced eight week courses is disheartening. High deductible health insurance. Multiple quality professors have left and keep on leaving. Students aren’t supplied books in the majority of courses, it’s ebooks which is hard for tactile learners. Instructors are overloaded thanks to eight weeks and hiring backlogs since the pandemic. Systems office was supposed to evaluate new loads for instructors…that was years ago. Lack of communication from some deans and VCAAs until the last minute. It used to be a great place to work but has declined in the last decade.