Colleges jump the gun on the Affordable Care Act and definition of “full-time” work
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On Nov. 29, Kate Henderson, an adjunct professor in the Department of Physical Education, Recreation and Health and New Jersey’s Kean University, got a terse e-mail from her employer informing her that she would not be teaching her usual three courses next semester. One of her fully enrolled courses would be assigned to a new hire.
Henderson soon learned that 210 of her 1,200 adjunct colleagues had received similar notifications, with apologies “for the inconvenience.” The university is cutting the adjuncts’ maximum load from three three-credit courses per semester (Fall and Spring) to two.
Although the administration says the policy change is a matter of managerial prerogative, Henderson, president of the Kean University Adjunct Faculty Federation, believes the change is a misguided reaction to measures in the Affordable Care Act.
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