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Originally Posted by kittywitty 
He's not tenured yet. We just moved back here after them begging for him back. Just found out 24 other people are being fired, too. Or "riffed". He will have his job until May and the end of the semester and then he will be out his job. They may give him the option of teaching part time there, but he will literally (we added it up) make $9k a year working full time at part time pay, so that's not an option.
They can just dismiss him-it's community college, no tenure, and the college is completely bankrupt with Illinois not paying it's bills.
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Ahhh OK - then he isn't a professor (which is a titled/tenured position - may do a similar job, but a very different position). You can get tenure at a community college, it's not always easy though. He is a full time instructor or an adjunct. His contract only goes through the school year. He is basically considered a 'contract worker'. Which means when the contract is done there is no guarantee of continued employment - his contracts are semester by semester or year by year. Usually, this means you can not file for unemployment - it will get denied.
At our community college - if an adjunct, tech, lecturer, etc files for unemployment, there is almost no chance they will ever get another contract with the school. I've seen it happen more than once. That may be just our school - it may not happen everywhere. Since the school has to pay a portion of the unemployment, it doesn't go over well with the HR dept.
In the future - if your Dh wants to teach at a college level as a career - it would be a very wise move to make sure he is 'tenure tracked' before he takes a position at a college (it takes years to become a professor - it's not a job, it's more like a title you earn). There is more job stability and you usually have a union backing you.
I'm not sure what I would do in your situation. I'm a 'do-what-you-have-to-do' type person. I would explore all the options. If your Dh can get a tenure track position at another school - I'd cut my losses, try to sell the house and move with him. If he isn't hired at a university (I'd keep looking no matter what else came up) I'd suggest he take any position he can find, as he most likely will not receive any unemployment. Once a job is secured, I'd figure things out from there. Just worry about one thing at a time, but leave that tax credit in the bank for now.