"Adjunct faculty from at least four universities will also see their hours cut as colleges try to reduce the number of full-time employees whose health care they need to cover.... Only contingent faculty -- as opposed to full-time, tenure-track faculty -- would be affected by the change in policy.... Teachers' associations like AAUP and AFT are bracing for the shift.... [B]oth organizations are hoping the federal government will require universities to count time spent outside the classroom as part of adjunct faculty's work hours."  MORE >>