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Of these, which is your favorite on AdjunctNation.com
Hang Prof (8)
16%
Daily Excuse (5)
10%
Cartoons (7)
14%
Blogs (6)
12%
Forums (23)
47%
Total votes: 49
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Should FT faculty earn more per course because they advise students and conduct research?
Yes (354)
65%
No (173)
32%
I can't decide (15)
3%
Total votes: 542
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Has your department cut adjunct faculty due to the economy?
Yes (91)
52%
No (84)
48%
Total votes: 175
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Have you listened to an AdjunctNation Podcast Interview?
Yes (2)
5%
No (13)
30%
Not yet (18)
41%
Not interested in podcasts (11)
25%
Total votes: 44
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If you didn't apply for a scholarly grant or award last year, why not?
I didn't qualify because I teach part-time (29)
45%
I am not interested in scholarly research (7)
11%
I'm not sure how to do it (29)
45%
Total votes: 65
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Would you like to participate and vote in department meetings?
Yes (51)
61%
No (12)
14%
I already do (13)
15%
Are you crazy? No way! (8)
10%
Total votes: 84
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Would you like to participate in faculty governance?
Yes (24)
32%
No (7)
9%
If I were paid for it (33)
43%
What's faculty governance, anyway? (12)
16%
Total votes: 76
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How many years have you taught at your current college/university?
1-3 years (55)
50%
4-7 years (23)
21%
8-11 years (19)
17%
12+ years (13)
12%
Total votes: 110
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When the opportunity arises, do you mentor your students?
Yes (157)
85%
No (8)
4%
I would, but haven't had the chance yet (19)
10%
Total votes: 184
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Have you ever refused to meet with a student because you didn't get paid for holding office hours?
Yes (28)
10%
No (249)
90%
Total votes: 277
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What do you do with disruptive students?
Ignore them (13)
16%
Talk to them (59)
75%
Report them to my superior (3)
4%
Retaliate in some way (3)
4%
Not a blessed thing (1)
1%
Total votes: 79
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Have you ever bumped up a student's grade and regretted it?
Yes (52)
51%
No (26)
26%
Bump up a grade...are you crazy? (23)
23%
Total votes: 101
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If you're a Democrat, who's your candidate?
Hillary Clinton (67)
52%
John Edwards (6)
5%
Dennis Kucinich (2)
2%
Barak Obama (40)
31%
Bill Richardson (1)
1%
None of them (12)
9%
Total votes: 128
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Do you read blogs regularly?
Yes (19)
36%
No (31)
58%
What's a "blog?" (3)
6%
Total votes: 53
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Are you teaching part-time because you want to?
Yes (51)
55%
No (42)
45%
Total votes: 93
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Would you join a national adjunct faculty union?
Yes (107)
72%
No (21)
14%
I'm not sure (20)
14%
Total votes: 148
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Which do you enjoy more—teaching or scholarly research?
Teaching (93)
64%
Research (18)
12%
I can’t say—I enjoy them both equally (35)
24%
Total votes: 146
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How often do you read professional journals?
Once a year (29)
20%
Once a month (48)
34%
More than once a month (66)
46%
Total votes: 143
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Do colleges do enough to help students become employable after graduation?
Yes (11)
7%
No (110)
65%
Students should be responsible for making themselves employable (48)
28%
Total votes: 169
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Is the middle class disappearing?
Yes (112)
79%
No (21)
15%
I don’t care, because I’m not middle class (9)
6%
Total votes: 142
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As an undergraduate, how many hours a week did you spend working at a job?
< 5 (22)
16%
5-10 (20)
15%
10-20 (38)
28%
20+ (54)
40%
Total votes: 134
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How important is it to you to teach at a university with a high rank or reputation?
Not important at all (44)
32%
Somewhat important (53)
38%
Very important (32)
23%
Essential (9)
7%
Total votes: 138
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Would you prefer to teach online or face-to-face?
Online (243)
44%
Face-to-Face (142)
26%
Both (164)
30%
I'm not sure (6)
1%
Total votes: 555
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In general, do you like your students?
Yes (143)
89%
No (11)
7%
I never thought about it (7)
4%
Total votes: 161
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Should public figures with radical political or social views be barred from speaking at commencement ceremonies?
Yes (67)
23%
No (128)
43%
Only if a majority of the student body votes to bar the speaker (100)
34%
Total votes: 295
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If you could live in another time period, which would it be?
Victorian era (12)
11%
Renaissance (21)
19%
Biblical times (4)
4%
Now is fine, thank you (73)
66%
Total votes: 110
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Have you ever taken your school’s office supplies for personal use?
Yes (55)
37%
No (68)
45%
Not intentionally (27)
18%
Total votes: 150
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Is it ethical for faculty to sell extra or unused course books?
Yes (56)
41%
No (70)
52%
It might be, but I do it anyway (9)
7%
Total votes: 135
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How long does it take you to prepare for each class period you teach?
< 15 minues (37)
8%
30 minutes (81)
17%
1 hour + (335)
71%
I don't prepare (20)
4%
Total votes: 473
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Do you favor mandatory “up and out” policies for part-time faculty?
Yes (35)
11%
No (246)
80%
Only if the "out" period is more than 3 years (25)
8%
Total votes: 306
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Do you trust the federal government more or less than you did 10 years ago?
More (11)
10%
Less (82)
78%
I'm not sure (12)
11%
Total votes: 105
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How long have you been searching for full-time teaching jobs?
< 1 year (53)
29%
2-4 years (53)
29%
5+ years (48)
26%
I've given up (29)
16%
Total votes: 183
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How often do you apply for scholarly grants and awards?
Once a year (5)
8%
Once every three years (4)
7%
More than once a year (6)
10%
Never (46)
75%
Total votes: 61
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How many hours of television do you watch each week?
<5 hours (68)
43%
5-10 hours (61)
38%
10+ hours (31)
19%
Total votes: 160
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Does your spouse or partner want you to quit part-time teaching?
Yes (36)
24%
No (97)
66%
We've never discussed it (15)
10%
Total votes: 148
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How much of your total income comes from part-time teaching?
<25% (90)
35%
25-50% (46)
18%
50-75% (39)
15%
100% (85)
33%
Total votes: 260
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Should American college students be required to become fluent in a foreign language?
Yes (107)
56%
No (29)
15%
It should depend on their major (56)
29%
Total votes: 192
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Do you plan to be teaching five years from now?
Yes (360)
84%
No (17)
4%
I don't know (54)
13%
Total votes: 431
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How much do you owe in student loans?
$1,000- $5,000 (16)
8%
$5,000-$10,000 (6)
3%
$10,000+ (186)
89%
Total votes: 208
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If you could teach in any part of the U.S. where would it be?
North (11)
5%
Northeast (61)
26%
Northwest (16)
7%
South (22)
9%
Southeast (46)
19%
Southwest (24)
10%
Middle Atlantic (8)
3%
Middle West (19)
8%
West Coast (29)
12%
Total votes: 236
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Do you favor the deportation of illegal immigrants?
Yes (124)
62%
No (67)
33%
I can't decide (10)
5%
Total votes: 201
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How much money do you save each month?
< $100 (79)
44%
> $100 (26)
15%
>$200 (21)
12%
$300+ (52)
29%
Total votes: 178
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Should colleges abolish letter grades?
Yes (34)
19%
No (135)
77%
I can't decide (6)
3%
Total votes: 175
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How many hours of leisure time do you have each day?
4+ (29)
20%
2-4 (33)
23%
1/2-2 (30)
21%
Leisure time? What's that? (51)
36%
Total votes: 143
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Is it possible for professors to instill in their students values such as honesty and altruism?
Yes (307)
77%
No (69)
17%
Why bother? (23)
6%
Total votes: 399
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How often do you read a newspaper, either online or in print?
Never (12)
7%
Between 1-3 times a week (57)
35%
Every day (93)
57%
Total votes: 162
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Would you support an academic bill of rights on your campus?
Yes (57)
58%
No (16)
16%
Our faculty is already politically diverse (9)
9%
Who cares? (16)
16%
Total votes: 98
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When students don’t succeed in your class, do you consider yourself responsible?
Yes (74)
38%
No (119)
62%
Total votes: 193
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How often do you advise students outside of class?
Once a week (55)
46%
1-3 times per semester (29)
24%
Rarely (36)
30%
Total votes: 120
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Do your students ever swear in class?
Frequently (21)
10%
Sometimes (121)
57%
Never (69)
33%
Total votes: 211
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Have you ever felt physically threatened by a student?
Yes (76)
37%
No (128)
63%
Total votes: 204
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Have you ever surfed RateMyProfessors.com to see what your students are saying about you?
Yes (120)
67%
No (34)
19%
What’s RateMyProfessors.com? (24)
13%
Total votes: 178
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Do you ever have sexual fantasies about your students?
Yes (71)
34%
No (102)
49%
Never thought about it (36)
17%
Total votes: 209
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Over the last few years, has the job market in your discipline improved?
Yes (37)
25%
No (90)
60%
I don't know (22)
15%
Total votes: 149
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Do you allow your students to snack in class?
Yes (112)
73%
No (33)
22%
Only if it's something tasty and they share with me (8)
5%
Total votes: 153
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Should adjunct professors be allowed to date their students?
Yes (40)
14%
No (133)
46%
Yes, but only former students (114)
40%
Total votes: 287
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If you could earn $100,000 a year by teaching 20 courses per semester online, would you do it?
No, because the workload would overwhelm me (101)
33%
No, because my teaching would deteriorate (61)
20%
Yes (111)
36%
Maybe (37)
12%
Total votes: 310
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Do you feel that complaints against part-time faculty are handled fairly at your school(s)?
Yes, all the time (11)
9%
Most of the time (36)
30%
Sometimes (39)
33%
Never (33)
28%
Total votes: 119
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Would you risk your job to help organize an adjunct union at your school(s)?
Yes (45)
30%
No (51)
34%
Maybe, if I felt the union had a good chance of succeeding (55)
36%
Total votes: 151
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What do you do when one of your students appears to be smarter than you?
Acknowledge and develop the student’s talent (157)
71%
Become jealous and insecure (12)
5%
Nothing (17)
8%
None of my students is smarter than I am (36)
16%
Total votes: 222
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How do you view your students?
As retail consumers (34)
33%
As fledgling scholars (49)
48%
I can't decide (19)
19%
Total votes: 102
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Are you participating in Campus Equity Week activities?
Yes (3)
4%
No (17)
24%
I'm afraid to (3)
4%
What's CEW? (48)
68%
Total votes: 71
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Where do you hold office hours?
My office (60)
38%
Classroom (26)
16%
Hallway (7)
4%
Cafe (8)
5%
Other (20)
13%
I don't hold office hours (39)
24%
Total votes: 160
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How long does it take you to learn your students’ names?
One class (21)
12%
One week (46)
27%
One month (56)
33%
I hope to have it right by the final (32)
19%
I'm hopeless with names (14)
8%
Total votes: 169
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In a perfect world, when would you schedule your classes?
Morning (88)
48%
Afternoon (44)
24%
Evening (33)
18%
Late Night (7)
4%
Weekends (10)
5%
Total votes: 182
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When teaching a full class, how many students will you allow to add the course?
None (19)
15%
1-2 (32)
25%
3+ (27)
21%
My hands are tied; my school has a strict policy about this. (49)
39%
Total votes: 127
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Is anti-intellectualism on the rise in the United States?
Yes (193)
85%
No (23)
10%
I'm not sure (11)
5%
Total votes: 227
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Do you find student evaluations useful in improving your teaching?
Yes (139)
60%
No (94)
40%
Total votes: 233
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Should professors socialize with their students?
Sometimes (138)
35%
Never (75)
19%
It depends (186)
47%
Total votes: 399
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Do you feel pressured to pass students who've not earned passing grades?
Yes (114)
43%
No (146)
55%
I don't assign grades (4)
2%
Total votes: 264
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Should colleges stop using "legacy" status as a criterion in admissions?
yes (122)
63%
no (50)
26%
I can't decide (23)
12%
Total votes: 195
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If you could change one thing about your job what would it be?
Rate of pay (210)
77%
Work hours (12)
4%
Better office (10)
4%
Shorter commute (19)
7%
Different courses (13)
5%
I wouldn't change a thing (10)
4%
Total votes: 274
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Will you attend an academic conference this year?
Yes (88)
44%
No (77)
39%
Undecided (34)
17%
Total votes: 199
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Which is your most important teaching tool?
Textbook (26)
15%
Lecture notes (56)
33%
Computer (51)
30%
Chalkboard (20)
12%
Coursepack (17)
10%
Total votes: 170
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Do you teach...
On campus (119)
42%
Online (45)
16%
Both (86)
30%
I don't teach (36)
13%
Total votes: 286
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Where do you teach?
Mid Atlantic (33)
10%
Midwest (73)
21%
Northeast (71)
21%
Northwest (10)
3%
South (26)
8%
Southeast (54)
16%
Southwest (28)
8%
West (24)
7%
Canada (5)
1%
Europe (2)
1%
Asia (5)
1%
Other (11)
3%
Total votes: 342
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Do you enjoy teaching?
Yes (278)
90%
No (11)
4%
I can't decide (19)
6%
Total votes: 308
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On average, how long does it take you to returned graded assignments?
< 1 week (161)
68%
1-2 weeks (68)
29%
>2 weeks (8)
3%
Total votes: 237
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How long do you spend on-line each day?
< 1 hour (12)
4%
1-2 hours (74)
25%
3-4 hours (94)
31%
5+ hours (119)
40%
Total votes: 299
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Has the quality of students:
Improved since you began teaching? (25)
13%
Stayed the same? (46)
23%
Diminished? (128)
64%
Total votes: 199
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How many academic conferences will you attend this year?
None (77)
50%
1-3 (60)
39%
4-6 (9)
6%
7+ (7)
5%
Total votes: 153
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Would you describe yourself as a religious person?
Yes (146)
52%
No (120)
43%
I don't know (13)
5%
Total votes: 279
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As a faculty member, are you obligated to help students pass?
Yes (185)
60%
No (108)
35%
Can't decide (14)
5%
Total votes: 307
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If the full-time faculty at your college walked out on strike, would you cross their picket line?
Yes (132)
45%
No (107)
37%
Maybe (42)
14%
I can't decide (12)
4%
Total votes: 293
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Do you ever get first day jitters when you teach?
Yes (275)
75%
No (91)
25%
Total votes: 366
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Who's most pampered on campus nowadays?
Administrators (123)
39%
F/T Faculty (79)
25%
P/T Faculty (7)
2%
Students (82)
26%
Alumni (15)
5%
Can't decide (10)
3%
Total votes: 316
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Should professors keep their religious beliefs to themselves in the classroom?
Yes (192)
70%
No (66)
24%
I can't decide (16)
6%
Total votes: 274
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If you had it to do all over again, would you go to graduate school and on into teaching?
yes (182)
56%
no (114)
35%
I can't decide (27)
8%
Total votes: 323
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How would you classify yourself?
politically liberal (152)
41%
politically moderate (91)
25%
politically conservative (110)
30%
apolitical (14)
4%
Total votes: 367
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Would you choose a "teaching track" over a "tenure track" job, if given a choice?
yes (142)
48%
no (85)
29%
I'm not sure (70)
24%
Total votes: 297
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Should professors keep their political opinions to themselves in the classroom?
yes (305)
57%
no (227)
43%
Total votes: 532
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Do the F/T faculty in your department treat you collegially?
Always (98)
36%
Sometimes (124)
46%
Never (33)
12%
I don't teach on campus (16)
6%
Total votes: 271
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Have you ever inflated your resume/CV to land a teaching job?
yes (26)
9%
no (263)
91%
Total votes: 289
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At which kind of college do you teach?
nonprofit (99)
46%
for profit (68)
32%
both (47)
22%
Total votes: 214
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Do you have a Web page for your course(s)?
yes (149)
46%
no (117)
36%
I plan to soon (55)
17%
Total votes: 321
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If you could do away with student evals. would you?
yes (160)
42%
no (219)
58%
Total votes: 379
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How many years have you taught as a temporary faculty member?
1-3 (175)
35%
4-7 (163)
33%
8-11 (88)
18%
12-15 (35)
7%
16-19 (17)
3%
20+ (22)
4%
Total votes: 500
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How do you commute to work?
Car (242)
74%
Bus (13)
4%
Train/Tram (8)
2%
Subway (13)
4%
Bike (4)
1%
Walk (12)
4%
I don't commute (33)
10%
Total votes: 325
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On average, how many textbooks will you adopt for your courses this Fall?
1-3 (206)
79%
4-7 (47)
18%
8+ (8)
3%
Total votes: 261
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Do you really care if your students cheat/plagiarize?
Yes (578)
93%
No (30)
5%
Can't decide (14)
2%
Total votes: 622
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What are you doing this summer?
Teaching (442)
50%
Working at a non-teaching job (154)
17%
Vacationing (48)
5%
Conducting research (43)
5%
I am unemployed (196)
22%
Total votes: 883
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Has the economy significantly impacted your teaching job?
yes (300)
63%
no (176)
37%
Total votes: 476
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Have you ever been pressured into changing a grade by either a student or administrator?
Yes (263)
62%
No (154)
36%
I don't give grades (10)
2%
Total votes: 427
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When was the last time you had a raise in your per course pay?
This year (88)
32%
2001-2002 (49)
18%
1999-2000 (26)
10%
1996-1998 (11)
4%
1993-1995 (8)
3%
never (90)
33%
Total votes: 272
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Should race be a factor in college admissions?
yes (91)
30%
no (213)
70%
Total votes: 304
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Have you ever retaliated against a student by giving a low grade?
yes (61)
17%
no (288)
83%
Total votes: 349
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In general, do you feel college students:
Thoroughly respect faculty (36)
11%
Have some respect for faculty (250)
74%
Have little respect for faculty (47)
14%
Have no respect for faculty (7)
2%
Total votes: 340
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
Do you deliberately hide the fact you are an adjunct from your students?
yes (76)
18%
no (353)
82%
Total votes: 429
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
Did you ever cheat on an exam when you were in college?
yes (85)
19%
no (371)
81%
Total votes: 456
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
What kind of a grader are you?
very hard (33)
5%
hard (198)
31%
medium (312)
49%
easy (73)
11%
very easy (20)
3%
Total votes: 636
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
What percentage of your students this semester are prepared to do college-level coursework?
80-100% (38)
8%
60-80% (119)
26%
40-60% (139)
30%
20-40% (99)
22%
under 20% (59)
13%
none (6)
1%
Total votes: 460
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
How often do you overhaul your lecture notes?
Every semester (203)
62%
Every 1-2 years (62)
19%
Every 3-4 years (19)
6%
Every 5-6 years (2)
1%
I never change my lectures notes (6)
2%
I don't use lecture notes (36)
11%
Total votes: 328
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
When do you usually begin to prepare for your Fall courses?
July (167)
37%
August (221)
49%
September (13)
3%
I don't prepare until classes begin (54)
12%
Total votes: 455
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
Should access to a college education be a right or a privilege?
It should be a right (244)
47%
It should be a privilege (278)
53%
Total votes: 522
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
What do you like best about college teaching?
Prestige (38)
10%
Pay (10)
3%
Intellectual stimulation (175)
47%
Flexible work schedule (151)
40%
Total votes: 374
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
Should adjunct faculty be required to hold terminal degrees in exchange for pro-rata pay?
yes (57)
58%
no (41)
42%
Total votes: 98
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
Faculty who plagiarize should be:
dismissed (190)
58%
suspended (38)
12%
reprimanded (82)
25%
fined (5)
2%
no punishment (13)
4%
Total votes: 328
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
Have you ever inflated grades to get better teaching evaluations?
yes (97)
18%
no (440)
82%
Total votes: 537
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
Do you conduct research and/or publish in your field?
yes (282)
57%
no (209)
43%
Total votes: 491
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
Should adjuncts serve on hiring committees for full-time faculty?
yes (194)
54%
no (104)
29%
I don't care (63)
17%
Total votes: 361
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
Do you select textbooks for your students?
yes (243)
60%
no (153)
38%
I don't use textbooks in my course (11)
3%
Total votes: 407
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
Does your college provide you with healthcare benefits?
yes (24)
13%
no (159)
87%
Total votes: 183
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
Do you teach part-time because you want to?
yes (81)
53%
no (71)
47%
Total votes: 152
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
How much do you earn per course?
Less than $1,000 (34)
8%
$1,000-$2,000 (206)
51%
$2,001-$3,000 (104)
26%
More than $3,000 (62)
15%
Total votes: 406
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