c FROM THE MAGAZINE

Only selected articles from the current issue of the magazine are available online. Complete contents of past issues are available for a small fee by visiting our archive (free registration required) or by searching the Adjunct Advocate magazine using the search box above. Adjunct Advocate subscribers receive each issue first--before it appears on the Web. Join us as a subscriber today.

Articles with headlines in black are unavailable online.

IN THIS ISSUE

• Like a camel passing Houdini-like through the eye of a needle, one might enter the academy by another route. Why not consider a job in administration?
• Are you ready to take your course on-line?
• Essayist Domini Hedderman writes about a typical day in the Assroom.
• and more...

FEATURES

COVER STORY
The odds against finding full-time teaching work continue to rise. However, like a camel passing Houdini-like through the eye of a needle, one might enter the academy by another route. Why not consider a job in administration?

INTERVIEW
Eileen Schell, adjunct-turned-tenured professor, discusses her latest book (about contingent faculty), her research (working class studies) and how growing up on a small farm led her to take a stand against the exploitation of adjuncts.

NEWS

LETTERS

THE COMMUTER
Snow, icy roads and cold temperatures are here. Make sure that you and your car are ready for the winter ahead.

GOING THE DISTANCE
You’ve selected the textbooks, put together the supplemental readings, designed the course description and syllabus. Are you ready to take your course on-line?

DESK DRAWER

• Adjunct faculty at California’s College of the Canyons vote to affiliate with the AFT
• Five percent of 2003-2004 Fulbright Scholar awards go to contingent faculty.

REVIEWS

FOURTH ESTATE
Our reviewer tackles a duo of journals: The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, and Black Issues in Higher Education.

FOURTH ESTATE
Reviewer Vicki Urquhart lokks at The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education.

OPINION

FIRST PERSON
It was a quiet Thursday morning when essayist Elayne Clift learned the true meaning of the word objectification.

A LITTLE RAILLERY
The clock ticks slowly. Someone in the room coughs—two barks of a dog. One student told me that he wouldn’t need to know how to communicate effectively because he was planning to join the Navy and work as a nuclear engineer. God help us all. A day in the Assroom.

LAST WORD
The time has come to reshape higher education in the United States.