Sen. Dick Durbin Introduces Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act - SEIU

Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced legislation that will help adjunct faculty access the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF). The Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act would make a tremendous impact on the lives of thousands of adjunct and contingent faculty, who now make up a majority of America's college instructors and more than half of whom work part-time. "As a part-time, temporary worker with a crushing amount of school debt, I know how important student debt reform is for ensuring education retains the promise of social mobility for both me and my fellow adjuncts and the students we teach," said Marga Ryersbach, an adjunct who teaches in New York. "I'm pleased that Senator Durbin is working to make sure we have access to a program that helps correct the imbalances wrought by huge amounts of education debt." http://www.seiu.org/2014/07/sen-dick-durbin-introduces-adjunct-faculty-loan-fa.php