student assistant

lecturer

assistant director

academic advisor

senior administrative coordinator

University-of-North-Texas---Dallas

Adjunct Instructors at UNTD are the step children of the family.  We are not invited to faculty meetings.  We have one meeting per year before school begins; they go through information that could be put in an email as opposed to helpful information that we all need about policy and how to help our students.  When changes are made like going to Canvas from Blackboard, we are not informed like full-time faculty.  I received no training but was expected to learn the format on my own.  Communications with the Academic Advising Office is minimal and I rarely knew what was going on with my at-risk students even after the advisor made contact with them.  The pay is good and the benefits are good IF you get 2 classes per semester--this is always tenable because adjuncts are disposable in the eyes of the administration.  The students are GREAT and very prepared for university studies but because the University is growing and changing each semester, there are large loop holes that need to be fixed.

A typical day at work:
Researching and recruiting students, high scools, colleges, and universities. Searched information by phone and internet/computer. Sent out imporant information to students and staff eletronically and maunually. Multi-tasking, inbound and out bound calls. Help organize and prepare for events i.e., Graduate Admissions Information Sessions. Data entry.

What I learned:
I learn the importance of multi-tasking, organization, and the imporantance of timeliness.

Your co workers:
I ver much loved and enjoyed my co workers, They made coming to work a joy. They were concerned with my well being, and they were hard workers with an awesome sense of humor.

The hardest part of the job:
Dead times

The most enjoyable part of the job:
Everything

What is the best part of working at the company?
The staff for the most part are genuinely great people that care about the students. Past administration did not. He only cared about his legacy. They are gone now so hopefully the culture improves. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Dealing with the Administration who didn't care was the most stressful part of the job.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The culture was awful! That is what made me ultimately leave. New people are there in charge now, so hopefully that changes.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Tedious busy work! Things that didn't help the institution but helped outside stakeholders

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great people, lovely students, very professional support staff.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
I was there during Covid, so the most stressful part was how to keep myself and the students safe. They put up clear barriers and did everything they could. As a general rule, it wasn't stressful working there.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very professional, everyone is there for the students, so it's very supportive.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
 I was an adjunct, so a typical day involved teaching back-to-back classes, then spending a little time in the office grading, then leaving for my next gig.

In many ways, UNT-Dallas is a typical university. Professors teach and do research, lecturers teach, and adjuncts are exploited. Office politics dominates, meaning you will do well if you can brown-nose and you will be run off if you simply want to do your work. Doing a good job isn't rewarded; sucking up is rewarded. But this is not a problem with UNT-Dallas alone, to be honest; no, it is a problem with any place dominated by bureaucrats. They are there to waste as much money as possible and drive the real workers into the ground. The perks are of course office hours during which you can do your research -- if you are tenure track. They do offer good health insurance -- if you are full time. The job would be good and enjoyable if it weren't for the backstabbing co-workers and bureaucrats.

A typical day at work would include a consistent schedule for the children to follow. I have learned that some things will change and it very good to be able to multi-task. My co-workers enjoy my humor. It makes the day flow smoother. I enjoy being a teacher assistant because I am able to help and teach our future doctors, lawyers, and successful children.

The hardest part of working at UNT Dallas is the lack of resources available to employees. Most employees do several jobs and are not always provided with the tools to be successful and meet expectations. However, for a young employee who is willing to work hard, there are a lot of opportunities to learn and be exposed to several different aspects of higher education.

the atmosphere was chaotic with more emphasis on process that progress or accomplishment.
most enjoyable part was working with energetic young professionals eager to learn and in providing marketing communications strategies and collateral that produced results.

What is the best part of working at the company?
nothing at all Worst place ever

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The command staff. Not in control

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
If you're not in with the click .You're on your own.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Every day you come in it might be a change

I wouldn’t recommend UNT-Dallas to anyone. Faculty and staff are severely overworked and under compensated. Management is ineffective and deceitful. This is an amoral, ultra-competitive environment where employees stab each other in the back for the table scraps that fall from the administration’s table.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Student assistant 1 salary reported	$10.00 per hour
Lecturer 3 salaries reported	$57,333 per year
Assistant director 3 salaries reported	$55,333 per year
Academic advisor 3 salaries reported	$42,333 per year
Senior administrative coordinator 1 salary reported	$48,000 per year

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