Minnesota Politico’s “Promised” Teaching Gig Dries Up: He Learns the Hard Way What It’s Like To Be An Adjunct

by Jon Tevlin Tom Emmer thought he had a deal. Emmer (below right), the Republican who lost the Minneapolis governor’s race to Mark Dayton, had been in talks with Hamline University to teach a business class at the St. Paul school. He had even had discussions and exchanged e-mails about the syllabus and textbooks. And then the offer of a job as an adjunct “executive in residence” professor was withdrawn. Emmer says a few faculty members who didn’t like his conservative politics — especially his anti-same-sex marriage stance — had started to complain. “Everybody who knows me knows my skin […]