Author: AdjunctNation Editorial Team

How Your Student Evals Are Killing Your Chances for a FT Job (And Better Pay)

by P.D. Lesko What are the most credible methods and evaluative tools to use when deciding whether to rehire an adjunct faculty member? This is a question that should be asked by hundreds of thousands of college administrators nationwide. Instead, what we get are lazy administrators content to have adjunct faculty evaluations...

As States Take Aim at Public College Tenure, Adjuncts May Come Out on Top

by John A. Neilsson Iowa State Sen. Brad Zaun, R-Urbandale, again has filed a bill seeking to end the tenure system at Iowa’s three state universities. Sen. Zaun has filed.

AFT President Says Betsy DeVos a “Lobbyist” not an Educator

P.D. Lesko In a speech yesterday at the National Press Club, AFT President Randi Weingarten juxtaposed two approaches for education that would have vastly different consequences for America’s students. Either build.

More Mistakes From My First Semester Teaching Online

by Jonathan Rees My first semester as an online instructor is almost over. Who knows where the time goes? Curating a respectable online survey course experience comes with a lot of responsibility. In my humble opinion, too many online U.S. history survey courses cling to...

Want to Break into Online Learning? Try These Tips

Online teaching can seem like a great gig. The convenience and flexibility afforded by online delivery is a draw for students and instructors alike. But, finding online teaching jobs seems.

10 Things Teaching Online Has Taught Me

Michelle Everson I celebrated an anniversary recently. It's been five years since I taught my first online course. When I first started to think about teaching online, I realized I.

Ithaca College Adjunct Union Mulls Spring Strike Over Pay

by Alyvia Covert The cold wind and beginning flurries Thursday afternoon did not prevent contingent faculty members at Ithaca College from rallying outside the Peggy Ryan Williams Center, as they called in unison: “equal pay for equal work.” In May 2015, part-time faculty at the college...

College Enrollment is Down for Fifth Straight Year—Will The Decline Impact Non-Tenured Faculty?

by P.D. Lesko According to the Hechinger Report, “college and university enrollment fell during the semester just coming to an end, marking a fifth straight year of decline.” Some academic.

Michigan Adjunct Files Court Injunction Against Faculty Contract That Cuts Pay

by Kayla Tucker A Grand Rapids Community College adjunct professor filed a court injunction at the Kent County 17th Circuit Court to stop the Board of Trustees from ratifying a.

The Academic Circle of Life & Excellent Usage of Commas

by Laura Yeager There is a great circle of life that occurs at the university. Years ago, when I was in graduate school at Iowa State University, I was studying with Jane Smiley. I had won a fellowship (The Pearl Hogrefe Creative Writing Fellowship) for...

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