Equal Rights Legislation for Adjuncts To the Editor: I enjoyed Keith Hoeller’s article “Equal Rights Legislation for Adjunct Professors” online (Adjunct Advocate, January/February 2007). I work as…
by Matthew Henry Hall As Karl Marx once said, “Keep the baby, but when you chuck the bath water, toss out that nasty old bathtub too.” Okay,…
by Pauline E. Kayes A few years ago, Harvard University announced a $50-million initiative in May to make faculty more diverse. Three months later, Columbia University followed…
by Laura Yeager The same part-timer has won “Adjunct of the Year” two years in a row. He’s good, but you know you’re just as good as…
by Paul Trout “‘Why are colleges trying to force this stuff down our throats and trying to make us think when our minds and opinions are already…
Quick Hits for Educating Citizens by James L. Perry and Steven G. Jones, Indiana University Press, 2006. 192 pages. reviewed by Silvia Foti In today’s real-world, real-time…
Interviewed by P.D. Lesko Please tell us a little about yourself professionally. Well, I’m an economist who has had the fortune of working in an interdisciplinary studies…
by Nicholas Stix When people think of criminals, they usually conjure up images of street muggers, carjackers, and stock swindlers. They need to add to that rogues’…
by Steven N. Pyser, J.D. So just call on me brother, when you need a hand We all need somebody to lean on I just might have…
by Lee Warren Sometimes things seem to explode in the classroom, and what do we do then? Knowing strategies for turning difficult encounters into learning opportunities enables…