by P.D. Lesko Thanks to refunds to students for tuition, room and board, and activity fees, as well as uncertainty surrounding Fall 2020 enrollments, college and university…
Part-Time Thoughts
“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt by Tina Seelig This is an important reminder that teaching is all…
by Kent Oswald Does anyone know, and will they share, the purpose of higher education, both the learning and teaching parts? I’ve experienced big and small, private…
by Donnell King Dear Jeremy: Your (I suspect) tongue-in-cheek response to a Facebook posting has led me to a lot of introspection and thought. When a colleague…
We’ve all had our students fill them out: faculty and course evaluations at the end of the semester. A University of Washington student doesn’t think they go…
by Joseph G. Ramsey, Ph.D. Having now re-read AdjunctNation's response to my essay "The Invisible Faculty," [Please note: this essay is behind a paywall.] and having had…
by Grace Karram Stephenson The plight of the part-time professor – often called sessional, contingent or precarious instructors – has become a hot topic in the past decade leading…
by Jason Deehan Recently I received a response to a blog post about shared teacher workspace. The comment, from a teacher at a private school, casually mentioned…
by Jill Richardson Another semester is about to begin at the community college where I teach. Some of my students come from middle-class backgrounds. They went to…
The AdjunctNation Editorial Team According to reporting on Chicagoist.com, groups demanding better treatment, pay and benefits for adjunct and part-time faculty in higher education held several demonstrations…