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Workers from Virginia Commonwealth University march through Monroe Park after announcing they would form a union on April 26, 2021. (Photo: Crixell Matthews/VPM News)
Amid a push by adjuncts for increased pay and benefits, Virginia Commonwealth University is changing how it classifies professors. An email notifying the coming policy change was sent days after VCU adjuncts announced they’d formed a union.
In her email, VCU Provost Gail Hackett told the heads of several schools the university will seek to cap course loads for adjuncts to six credits per semester. Previously, an adjunct professor could teach up to nine credits per semester and still qualify as a part-time employee.