Since the launch of Obamacare, at least 122 colleges and universities across the nation have cut student and faculty work hours to skirt the federal law’s mandate requiring employers to provide healthcare for people who work 30 hours or more per week.
Those who have seen their paychecks shrink as a result of the Affordable Care Act include students who work on campus at restaurants, bookstores or gyms, teaching assistants, Residence Advisers, officer workers, student journalists, and a variety of other workers, such as part-time maintenance crews and groundskeepers. Educators’ work hours have also been cut due to the mandate, including part-time instructors and adjunct professors.
A long and growing list of 450 companies, school districts, colleges and institutions that have slashed and capped work hours to comply with the employer mandate – which goes into effect next year – has been compiled by Jed Graham of Investor’s Business Daily, whose tally chronicles employers both public and private.
With permission from Graham, The College Fix extracted the colleges and universities currently cited on his list to create a unique tally that shows the impact of Obamacare on campuses nationwide.
The College Fix will continue to add to this list each time we learn of a new campus affected by the federal law, an expected turn of events when the employer mandate kicks in. Please alert The College Fix of campuses forced to cut hours because of Obamacare.
Please also see our corresponding article detailing the ramifications of these cuts by University of Michigan student Derek Draplin, a College Fix reporter who interviewed Graham and others about the law’s negative impacts. Graham noted the list is a conservative – not comprehensive – tally.
COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES HIT BY OBAMACARE:
1. Middle Tennessee State University – Capped work hours for students, adjunct faculty, graduate assistants and resident assistants
2. North Carolina State University – Capped student work hours and adjunct hours
3. Kansas University – Capped student work hours at 29 per week
4. Southern Polytechnic State University (Georgia) – Capped student work hours at 20 and capped adjunct hours
5. McNeese State University (Louisiana) – Capped student work hours at 29 per week
6. University of Colorado – Colorado Springs – Capped student work hours at 25 per week
7. Wright State University (Ohio) – Capped student work hours at 28 per week
8. Georgia Institute of Technology – Capped student and temp employee work hours at 25 per week and capped adjunct hours
9. Cinncinatti State Technical & Community College – Capped hours for part-timers and hours for adjuncts
10. Technical College System of Georgia – Capped teaching loads for adjunct faculty
11. South Dakota State University – Capped student work hours at 29 per week
12. Arkansas Tech University – Capped student work hours at 28 per week
13. Kennesaw State University (Georgia) – Capped teaching loads for part-time faculty
14. Butler Community College (Kansas) – Capped hours for students and part time workers at 28 per week and cut adjunct hours
15. Lakeland College (Wisconsin) – Capped summer work hours for students at 29 per week
16. Colorado Mountain College – Capped hours of adjunct faculty at 29 per week
17. Grand Rapids Community College (Michigan) – Capped teaching loads for adjunct faculty
18. Mississippi State University – Capped hours for student workers at 28 per week
19. La Sierra University (California) – Capped student work hours at 25 per week
20. El Paso Community College (Texas) – Capped teaching loads for part-time faculty
21. University of Northern Iowa – Planned cap to student work hours at 20 per week
22. Lone Star College System – Capped teaching-load for part-time faculty
23. Western Michigan University – Capped student work hours at 25 per week
24. St. Edward’s University (Texas) – Capped teaching loads for adjunct faculty
25. Christendom University (Virginia) – Capped hours for students at 29 per week
26. Flathead Valley Community College (Montana) – Capped adjunct faculty teaching hours
27. Penn State University – Capped campus work hours, capped adjunct teaching loads
28. University of Central Missouri – Capped hours for part-time workers and adjuncts at 29 per week
29. Murray State University (Kentucky) – Capped adjunct teaching loads
30. University of San Francisco – Capped student work hours at 20 per week
31. Carroll Community College (Maryland) – Capped course loads for adjunct faculty
32. Community College of Baltimore County (Maryland) – Capped course loads for adjunct faculty
33. Clemson University (South Carolina) – Capped student workers at 28 hours per week
34. Oakton Community College (Illinois) – Capped adjunct faculty hours at 27 per week
35. Biola University (California) – Planned cap to student work hours at 25 per week
36. Sam Houston State University (Texas) – Capped student work hours at 29 per week
37. Eastern Florida State College – Capped hours of part-time employees at 28 per week
38. Mid-Plains Community College (Nebraska) – Capped hours of adjunct faculty, other workers at 28 per week
39. Arizona State University – Capped hours of associate faculty members
40. Finger Lakes Community College (New York) – Capped course loads for adjunct faculty
41. Southern Illinois University – Capped graduate teaching assistants at 20 hours per week
42. Georgia Military College – Capped hours of adjunct faculty to 29 per week
43. Ball State University (Indiana) – Capped work hours for graduate assistants
44. Forsyth Technical Community College (North Carolina) – Capped hours for adjunct faculty at 29 per week
45. Wilkes Community College (North Carolina) – Capped adjunct faculty work hours at 29 per week
46. Philadelphia University – Capped hours for adjunct faculty at 29 per week
47. Three Rivers College – Capped teaching loads for adjunct faculty
48. Bergen Community College (New Jersey) – Capped adjunct faculty hours
49. Ozarks Technical Community College (Missouri) – Capped part-time faculty work hours at 24 per week
50. University of Alabama – Capped student work hours at 20 per week
51. Hillsborough Community College (Florida) – Capped part-time faculty work hours
52. St. Petersburgh College (Florida) – Capped adjunct faculty work hours at 27 per week
53. Central Michigan University – Capped student work hours at 25 per week
54. University of North Alabama – Capped student work hours at 29 per week
55. Pulaski Technical College – Capped work hours for adjunct faculty
56. San Diego Community College District – Capped student work hours at 25 per week
57. Drury University (Missouri) – Capped adjunct faculty work hours
58. Cumberland University (Tennessee) – Capped adjunct faculty work hours at 27 per week
59. Auburn University (Alabama) – Capped student work hours at 20 per week
60. Palm Beach State College (Florida) – Capped hours for 100 part-time faculty at 27.5 per week
61. Santa Fe College (Florida) – Capped part-time faculty hours at 27.5 per week
62. Tallahassee Community College (Florida) – Capped part-time work hours at 24 per week
63. Parkland College (Illinois) – Capped hours for part-time, non-teaching workers at 27.5 per week
64. Indiana University – Capped hours for part-timers at 29 per week
65. Ivy Tech Community College (Indiana) – Capped work hours for adjunct faculty at 29 per week
66. Howard Community College (Maryland) – Capped work hours for adjunct faculty
67. Spartanburg Community College (South Carolina) – Capped adjunct faculty work hours at 29 per week
68. Southern Utah University – Capped student work hours at 20 per week and capped adjunct teaching loads
69. Arkansas State University – Capped student, adjunct faculty, and part-time work hours at 28 per week
70. Texas Christian University – Capped student, adjunct faculty, and part-time work hours at 29 per week
71. Des Moines Area Community – College Capped sadjunct faculty summer hours
72. Maricopa Community Colleges (Arizona) – Capped adjunct faculty and part-time work hours at 29 per week
73. University of Arizona – Capped work hours for temporary employees
74. College of DuPage (Illinois) – Capped adjunct faculty course loads
75. McHenry County College (Illinois) – Capped adjunct faculty work hours at 24 per week
76. Sinclair Community College (Ohio) – Capped part-time work hours at 28 per week and cut adjunct faculty hours
77. Dallas County Community College District – Capped adjunct faculty work hours
78. New Mexico State University – Capped graduate-student work hours at 25 per week
79. Blue Ridge Community and Technical College (West Virginia) – Capped adjunct faculty work hours at 29 per week
80. Ohio State University – Capped student work hours at 28 per week
81. Ohio University – Capped student and graduate assistant work hours at 28 hours of work per week during summer
82. Union County College (New Jersey) – Capped adjunct faculty teaching loads
83. Daytona State College (Florida) – Capped work hours for adjunct faculty
84. Moraine Valley Community College (Illinois) – Capped course loads for adjunct faculty
85. Kalamazoo Valley Community College (Michigan) – Capped part-time faculty work hours
86. St. Clair Community College (Michigan) – Capped adjunct professors and part-time work hours at 29 per week
87. Moberly Area Community College (Missouri) – Capped adjunct faculty course loads
88. Community College System of New Hampshire – Capped adjunct faculty work hours at 27 per week
89. Cuyahoga Community College (Ohio) – Capped part-time work hours at 20 per week
90. University of Akron (Ohio) – Capped course loads for part-time faculty
91. Brigham Young University (Utah) – Capped work hours for students and part-time workers at 29 per week
92. Elmhurst College (Illinois) – Capped adjunct teaching load at one course per semester
93. Columbus State Community College (Ohio) – Capped adjunct faculty work hours at 29 per week
94. Joliet Junior College (Illinois) – Capped adjunct faculty course loads
95. Hudson Valley Community College (New York) – Capped part-time faculty work hours
96. Baldwin-Wallace University (Ohio) – Capped course load of adjunct faculty
97. Kent State University (Ohio) – Capped course load of adjunct faculty
98. Lakeland Community College (Ohio) – Capped course load of adjunct faculty
99. Bowling Green State University (Ohio) – Capped part-time work hours at 24 per week and student work hours at 28
100. Shawnee State University (Ohio) – Capped teaching hours for adjunct faculty
101. Virginia Tech – Capped work hours for part-timer and adjunct faculty at 29 per week
102. Miami Dade College (Florida) – Capped part-time work hours at 25 per week
103. Christopher Newport University (Virginia) – Capped part-time and adjunct faculty work hours at 29 per week
104. College of William & Mary (Virginia) – Capped part-time and adjunct faculty work hours at 29 per week
105. Norfolk State University (Virginia) – Capped part-time and adjunct faculty work hours at 29 per week
106. Virginia Commonwealth University – Capped part-time and adjunct faculty work hours at 29 per week
107. Virginia Community College System – Capped part-time and adjunct faculty work hours at 29 per week
108. George Mason University (Virginia) – Capped student and adjunct faculty work hours at 29 per week
109. James Madison University (Virginia) – Capped student and adjunct faculty work hours at 29 per week
110. Longwood University (Virginia) – Capped student and adjunct faculty work hours at 29 per week
111. Old Dominion University (Virginia) – Capped student and adjunct faculty work hours at 29 per week
112. Radford University (Virginia) – Capped work hours for adjunct faculty
113. University of Mary Washington (Virginia) – Capped student and adjunct faculty work hours at 29 per week
114. Utah Valley University – Capped part-time workers at 28 hours per week and capped adjunct teaching loads
115. Illinois Valley Community College – Capped part-time work hours at 29 per week
116. Rock Valley College (Illinois) – Capped part-time work hours at 25 per week
117. Chesapeake College (Maryland) – Capped adjunct faculty work hours at 28 per week
118. Kean University (New Jersey) – Capped adjunct faculty work hours
119. Stark State College (Ohio) – Capped adjunct faculty work hours at 29 per week
120. Youngstown State University (Ohio) – Capped work hours of part-time and adjunct faculty
121. Community College of Allegheny College (Pennsylvania) – Capped work hours for adjunct faculty and other part-time workers
122. University of Colorado, Boulder – Capped student work hours at 25 per week
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