Salaries 

Base pay for a typical three-credit class under this contract: 

Article 5: Grievance Procedure 

● Stronger grievance procedure, with binding arbitration for the first time 

Article 6: Appointments 

• Prior service as an NTT counted towards seniority. 
• Beginning in Fall 2024, two-semester appointments for adjuncts teaching 2-2 for two years and levels 2, 3, 4, and 5. 
• Beginning in Fall 2024, four-semester appointments for those teaching at Rutgers for 12 consecutive years or longer.
• Appointment letters to be received a month earlier: by July 1 for fall and December 1 for spring. 
• Enforceable standard for the renewal of appointments, similar to NTT full-time faculty, for the first time. 

Article 7: Department Provisions 

• Access to office space to engage in confidential communications with their students. 

Article 8: Personnel Files 

• Automatic notification when documents are placed in their personnel file alleging misconduct; or negative performance. 

Article 9: Advancements 

• Two new advancement levels—levels 4 & 5—with a 10% increase for advancement to a higher level. By the last year of the contract, for example, a Level 3 will receive a minimum of $10,080 for a three-credit course. 
• Reduction of number of semesters needed to advance from 12 to 10, with a credit alternative to speed up advancement for adjuncts with heavy course loads.
• Summer teaching counts towards the number of semesters accrued.

Article 11: Professional Development 

• 33% increase in the Professional Development Fund to $125,000, rolling over annually for the term of the contract. 
• Awards to be granted on the same basis as other faculty in the department. 

Article 12: Evaluations 

• Peer-reviewed evaluations, with decreased reliance on student evaluations.