Remote/Online Gigs (Faculty & Admin)

100% full-time remote lecturer (Public Health). 4/4 teaching load.

Purdue University (West Lafayette)

All applicants must hold a PhD, DrPH, or another doctoral degree in Public Health or a closely related field from an accredited school or program. An MPH is desirable, but not required. Applicants must have college teaching experience at the graduate level, online experience is preferred.

https://careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Lafayette-Lecturer-IN-47906/959220900/?jobPipeline=Indeed

 

Clinical Research Coordinator - Remote
Duke University

Associate degree and 2 years of research or a bachelor's degree with no experience.

https://careers.duke.edu/job/Durham-CLINICAL-RESEARCH-COORDINATOR-Remote-NC-27710/959256300/?feedId=291400&utm_campaign=University_Jobs&utm_source=University_Jobs&codes=IND

 

Research Analyst (Remote Position)
https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/davidsonccc/jobs/3809758/research-analyst-remote-position

 

I thought $85 per graduate student was low at Columbia Southern University (CSU). Still, the American College of Education (ACE) has a new low compensation - $47 per bachelor's and master's student and $120 per doctoral student. While I didn't teach undergraduate during my short time (two courses) at CSU, the pay was $75/student.

https://ace.hrmdirect.com/employment/view.php?req=2346544&jbsrc=1014

 

Which means one is likely little more than an assignment grader. Of all the things about being an instructor, that is the one I loathe. Yet, under those circumstances, it would be one's core function. It's why I like corporate training instead.

 

I think this is true at most schools. You have little to no control over the course content. You mostly post announcements and grade assignments. This is true for Arizona State. Still, I get paid $4000/course.

 

Yes, it is widespread and the nature of asynchronous higher education in a distributed environment. Facilitate discussion threads, answer questions, post information, and grade stuff. And I hate grading.

 

$4,000/course is really good. I get paid $1,800/course at the community college level…heck, even at the 4 year university it was $1,800/course.

 

Yes, it's the highest-paid adjunct gig I currently have. The second highest is TAMIU at $3,000/7-week graduate course.

Some of the lower-paying ones include:
OPSU, which pays $1725, whether it's an 8-week or 16-week course, and I have to develop the content
UVI Online, which pays $1530 for an 8-week undergraduate course

 

Right now I am teaching Business and Economic Statistics at a Community College. $1,800 for the 16 week course. Starting in the summer though, I will do (2) courses per semester since I will be done with school myself.

 

That's awesome, Josh! Congrats on your upcoming graduation. If your dream is to teach FT or obtain more or better-paying adjunct gigs, you will find that completing a doctorate will open the door. Also, there is often a pay difference among instructors with master's versus doctorate.

 

I have contemplated a doctorate but still not sure it is in the cards for me right now. My wife and kids deserve to have their husband and father back, which is far more important to me than anything academically related. They have sacrificed enough and shared me enough that they deserve my undivided attention now.

 

Research Project Manager (fully remote or hybrid possible)
https://jobs.nd.edu/postings/29334

Assistant/Associate Professor of Counseling Education

• Tenure-track (come to campus)
• Want to work from home? (You can only be an instructor and you'll teach 4/4 instead of 3/3)

https://seok.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/121?c=seok

 

I did my MBA at Southeastern Oklahoma State University and I also taught undergraduate Finance there for a year. Great little university!

 

I have some wonderful news to share. When I was leaving the University of the Virgin Islands, my greatest desire was to get a remote job. Unfortunately, it did not work out that way. I decided to submit a proposal to my current chair to be fully remote as of Fall 2023. I even said I would be willing to convert to a non-tenure track position and teach a 4/4 load. I told her I wanted to travel full-time and not be confined to any one place. I honestly felt it would be rejected because the president made it clear at the first in-person faculty/staff institute since the pandemic a few weeks ago that we are back on campus. Anyway, this semester, all three courses are online (two asynchronous and one on Zoom). Anyway, I fasted and prayed on Sunday for 9 hours. This morning, I sent the email that was in my draft to my chair.

Her response: "It's fine." We will ensure all my classes are online, my office hours are all online, and I am accessible on Zoom. She even told me to complete the graduate faculty status form, so I could teach graduate online courses. She said it's beneficial for both of us since they need more faculty teaching online courses. In our first meeting this semester, she revealed that the online courses were filling up faster than the on-ground as students no longer care for in-person since the pandemic. We have close to 400 students in the CJ program.

God is good! I will be a world traveler

 

Congratulations, Chris! I think students are beginning to realize you can get a high quality education without putting your life on hold and postponing potential earnings. It is a win win for students and universities/colleges as they are able to begin their careers quicker and the institutions can still bring in tuition dollars.

 

As a side note, Chris, I have kind of been discussing something similar although, pay is holding me back. Essentially, I’d be a full-time business faculty with all my courses being offered online as either asynchronous or via Zoom. $40,000 per year is the kicker though as I’d be going from industry where I make 6 figures. It’d be a great retirement gig but I have 35 years until that day. Lol

 

I understand you. 40k is certainly not worth it, even for a single person like me. However, could you do both (FT industry and FT faculty) or will it be too much?

 

I actually have a conversation with the chair tomorrow. That is something I’d certainly be interested in doing. I finish up my own schooling in May so it’d work out perfectly if that is something the school would let me do!