Gachon University Advances Lecture Fees for Instructors and Non-Tenure Professors Affected by COVID-19

[Asia Economy (Seongnam) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gachon University will advance the payment of lecture fees to support the livelihood of lecturers and non-tenure-track professors who could not teach due to the delayed start of the semester caused by COVID-19.

On the 24th, Gachon University announced that it will prepay a total of 700 million KRW in hourly lecture fees and overtime lecture fees to 716 non-tenure-track (including adjunct, invited, honorary, distinguished, and special appointment) professors and lecturers for the first semester.

Under a normal academic schedule, lectures would have started in March and payments would be made on the 24th of each month according to the number of lecture hours. However, this year, the semester start was delayed by four weeks to the 30th of this month due to COVID-19, so non-tenure-track professors and lecturers were scheduled to receive their hourly and overtime lecture fees in April.

Considering that delayed payment of lecture fees could cause difficulties for non-tenure-track faculty, Gachon University decided to advance the payment of hourly and overtime lecture fees from March to June based on the normal semester schedule.

Adjustments due to changes in lectures, such as cancellations after the semester begins, will be reflected in the April lecture fees.

Lee Young-mi, Director of Academic Affairs, explained, "We decided to advance the payment of lecture fees because we anticipated difficulties for faculty members if the fees were not paid due to the delayed semester start."

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