Part-time (language) lecturers getting reamed

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Japan's part-time lecturers getting raw deal
Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Aug. 18, 2003
A third of all part-time lecturers in Japan's universities and junior colleges earn under 2 million yen a year -- five times less than professors and full-time lecturers, a survey has found...
...Many of the part-time lecturers work on one-year contracts that are renewed. It is common for universities to bring in full time lecturers as part-timers in highly specialized subjects, but in language courses and other subjects that have a large number of classes, the institutions often advertise for candidates to fulfill cheap, part-time positions. About 40 percent of classes at private universities are thought to be filled by part-time teachers.