The CARES Act Guarantees Adjuncts $600 per Week Unemployment Through July 2020
by Adam Raimond Cynthia Vacca Davis has taught as an adjunct writing instructor in Virginia for 11 years. When asked whether she intended to apply for unemployment this summer she said, “I do plan to apply, but I have no idea how it will…
University of North Texas Adjunct Fired For Criticizing Fliers in Faculty Lounge, Sues
UNT prof wrote microaggression fliers were ‘garbage’ and was not rehired. Now he’s suing. by Emerson Claridge After teaching his linear algebra class on an evening in late November, Nathaniel Hiers returned to a University of North Texas…
Corona Virus Budget Cuts Aren’t Targeting Adjuncts–Yet
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 presidents across the country are facing projected budget…
Pandemic Pedagogy: Getting Yourself and Your Classes Ready
by Dan French, Ph.D. Perhaps ironically, as I was grading earlier in the week, the old song “Everybody Loves You Now” by Billy Joel streamed through my computer. It was the capstone of a long week — I had suddenly heard from a number of old…
Why Pedagogy Matters in Teaching English Online
by Erin Beard
As more and more higher education classes move to an online format, it’s necessary for teachers to address the pedagogical challenges that come along with the online learning environment. In the Department of English this…
Colleges Are Freezing Hiring for Tenure-Track Faculty. Adjuncts Can’t Let This Crisis Go to…
by P.D. Lesko
College administrators are re-calculating their six-, seven-, eight-, nine- and ten-figure budgets, and battening down the golden hatches on their mega-yachts. There are rumblings and evidence of a system-wide hiring…
Not All Online Students Are Lonely (and We Can’t Give up on Those Who Are)
Rather than dismissing the loneliness of online learning as inevitable, we need to work collectively across academia to continually improve student experiences for everyone. by Robert Furtado When I worked as a professor teaching media…
Why Hip-Hop Belongs in Today’s Classrooms
Hip-hop officially became the most popular music genre in 2018 and continued its reign in 2019, according to Nielsen Music. by Nolan Jones When Cassie Crim, a high school math teacher in Joliet, Illinois, introduced herself to her advanced…
How to Maintain Healthy Emotional Boundaries in the Classroom
by Amanda Eidinger I probably don’t have to tell you that, as much as we love doing it, teaching can be physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausting work. By the time I get home from a day of teaching and office hours, I tend to feel…
Before His Death, Canadian Adjunct Prof. Was Under Investigation for Sexual Harassment
by Raechel Huizinga Former adjunct English Professor Andrew Bretz, who passed away on Aug. 21, 2018 at the age of 42, was under investigation for sexual harassment by the University in the months leading up to his death. In a series of…
