Last week I gave an overview of the issues involved in the plagiarism question. This week I'm going to share a personal narrative of one adjunct's experience dealing with plagiarism. Like many adjuncts, I teach for more than one school. Like many adjuncts, I do so...
At our house, summer is always somewhat hectic. The kids have summer camps, and I try to squeeze in time to work in between their entreaties that I come out.
Ah, yes, time to touch on another painful topic: plagiarism. Just as mentioning tenure produces a stream of bile and frustration over one end of a broken system, so does.
Here's the question: Do full-time faculty members help students finish college? Kevin Carey, a Washington, DC think tank director, posed this question on the Chronicle's Brainstorm blog. He tells the story of a panel discussion that focused on student success. At that panel, Dr. Cary Nelson,...
As the Internet has flooded its way through every aspect of contemporary life, it has changed many things. One of the things net champions claim as a victory is the.
Over at the OK Corral that is The Chronicle of Higher Education, they've printed a commentary by adjunct Deborah Lewis. Lewis offers several solutions to improve the pay, performance and.
A few weeks ago I commented on how some of the major academic organizations (Modern Language Association [MLA], National Council of Teachers of English [NCTE]) supported adjunct attendance at their conferences, both financially and rhetorically. I decided to return to that topic and contact some of...
At the University of South Carolina, president Harris Pastides has a $39 million dollar budget deficit. That sounds horrifying to those of us with $39 dollars in our savings accounts..
At the moment, I'm in air-conditioned comfort at the Austin Convention Center. We're displaying at the NISOD conference. If you've not heard of NISOD (National Institute for Staff and Organizational.
Let's be honest; Pope Benedict XVI has little charisma. Whereas John Paul II was the Frank Sinatra of the Vatican, Pope Benedict is more the Joey Bishop of the Papal Ratpack. Be that as it may, the faculty and leaders of America's 200 Catholic universities answer...
