i'm your host, journalism school director bob rucker. it is obvious just by taking a walk through downtown san jose that the city has a homeless problem. but what people may not know is just how many young people and children are sleeping on the streets of san jose on a nightly basis david taub shows us the magnitude of this issue, some of the factors that contribute to youth homelessness and the dangers facing young people who are living on the streets. you can see people day and night doing their best to survive on the streets of san jose. and on any given night there are more than 7-thousand people sleeping in shelters and on the streets, according to the annual homeless assessment report from the u.s. department of housing and urban development, or hud. what people are less aware of is that san jose has the highest percentage of unsheltered homeless youth in the country. according to the annual homelessness there are 1,137 unaccompanied homeless youth and children in san jose and 92.9 percent of them are sleeping on the streets, unde

i'm your host, journalism school director bob rucker. it is obvious just by taking a walk through downtown san jose

i'm your host, journalism school director bob rucker. more than half of the faculty

i'm your host, journalism school director bob rucker. more than half of the faculty in the california state university system are lecturers - faculty with full or part-time temporary positions. on this edition of equal time, correspondent jennifer gonzalez discusses the challenges that adjunct professors face. year after year, cal state institutions undergo drastic budget cuts and are expected to meet the needs of students, faculty, and administration. in a search to cut costs, institutions like san jose state hire a greater amount of adjunct professors. despite the advantages of part-time lecturers, adjuncts across campuses say they are faced with discrimination and exploitation. they are given low wages, little to no benefits, and a lack of job security. associate english professor andrew fleck says adjunct situations affect not only the individual, but they place a strain on a students' education. many students may not realize that the professor that they have is, you know, teaching two classes here and three classes at another campus