Questionable Professionalism & New Adjuncts — Drawing the Line

By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. True headline: "Campus Shock: Michigan Professor Actually Takes Nude Pictures...With Student." Wow. Just wow. Seriously? Where do I begin? When you first read that headline, since you are most likely an educator, don't you say to yourself, "Ugh, I would never do that!"? I think of myself in this situation and cringe. Are you kidding me? I don't want my students to see [read more]

More Classes More Money! When is Enough....Enough?

by Robert Borger I have always had more than one job, ever since I started working.  This all started before high school, when I started the typical lawn mowing service for friends and neighbors for fun money.  I actually remember the article I read as a kid about letting people know about your willingness to work, so I put together a flyer and stuffed the mailboxes [read more]

President of American Council on Education Predicts Increases in Use of Non-Tenured Faculty

Sometimes our cousins on the other side of the Atlantic ask the questions that the American higher education media don't ask. The Guardian is one of England's must-read newspapers for its extensive higher education coverage of not only the U.K.'s system, but the U.S. higher education system, as well. The paper's editors recently asked higher education leaders in the U.S., Australia, India and South Africa [read more]

When Is One More Chance One More Too Many? Student Excuses

By Jenny Ortiz Given that classes during winter sessions are so short, missing a class or two can mean failing the class. Currently at LaGuardia, my students and I have only two months together in which to answer to What is Literature? Every class is fast-paced and new material is presented. Given the time frame, the students are very aware of their absences and when they [read more]

A Long Overdue Welcome to AdjunctNation 4.0

by P.D. Lesko This is a long overdue welcome to the newly redesigned AdjunctNation.com. As always, getting a redesign done always takes more time than one ever expects. This is the fourth major redesign of the site since we put up our first web page in 1993. The technology has advanced by leaps and bounds. What we are able to do with the large volume [read more]

The Princes of Academe: How Academic Administration is Hurting Education

By Jenny Ortiz There's a difference between blue and yellow. There's an obvious difference between a house and a cardboard box. When did the difference between academic administration and politicians become so hard to define and separate? Recently, I was at a workshop on the history of women within the Taoism community, hosted by one of the colleges I work at. Although I was enjoying the lecture, [read more]

Are Adjuncts At Risk of Failing Our At Risk Students?

By Jenny Ortiz Student 1 is always 2 minutes late because her job won't let her leave early. Student 2 has never been to the museum. Student 3 is pledging to a fraternity while, his buddy, student 4 is trying to keep a GPA of 3.89. Student 5 has severe PTSD from his time as a US Marine and student 6 is unaware of her PTSD [read more]

What Does Your Online Image Say About You?

By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA As an online instructor do you consider the virtual or perceptual image you have established with your students? Do you consider the image you portray and how this image is developed throughout the course? If so, how do you manage your image? An online instructor is represented with every classroom posting and every message sent to the students. A virtual [read more]

Are Your Students Prepared For College When They Get To Class?

By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. Are your students prepared for your class when they walk through your door? I read an interesting article about the preparedness (or lack thereof) of many college students for what awaits them in higher education. The New York Times article tell us that "the new statistics, part of a push to realign state standards with college performance, show that only 23 percent [read more]