Author: AdjunctNation Editorial Team

"Critical Thinking" – The Online Education Buzz-Phrase

by Robert Borger It seems to me that the new buzzword in online education is "Critical Thinking." I just completed a Webinar about the topic last month, have plenty of messages about how to increase critical thinking with my students, and see it come up...

The New Conservative Presidential Candidate: College is For Morons

By P.D. Lesko In live in Michigan and at the moment, I wish that I didn't. Presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are fighting it out for the state's.

60K FT & PT Faculty In Taiwan Unionize Together

by Lee I-chia A trade union comprised of faculty and staff from the nation’s institutes of higher education was officially established yesterday, calling for better labor conditions, democratic governance of.

California College & Union Drop the Ball on Health Insurance Fund for Part-Timers

Part-time faculty members at Palomar College say they’re terrified of losing health insurance since the college has depleted the money it set aside for that benefit this year. The dispute reflects the tense labor negotiations under way at the college, and touches on the role...

California College & Union Drop the Ball on Health Insurance Fund for Part-Timers

Part-time faculty members at Palomar College say they’re terrified of losing health insurance since the college has depleted the money it set aside for that benefit this year. The dispute.

American University Adjuncts Vote to Unionize With SEIU

Adjunct faculty at American University voted to unionize Thursday, following the lead of their peers at George Washington University and Montgomery College. Adjuncts are the temps of higher education. They make.

New Research: FT Non-Tenured Faculty View Themselves As Part of An Academic Counter-Culture

by Sean Nealson Full-time non-tenure track faculty at colleges and universities lack a professional identity and a sense of self worth, according to interviews with these faculty members that formed the basis of a recently published paper co-authored by a University of California, Riverside professor. John...

New Faculty Majority Faces Same Old Problems & Offers Same Old Solutions

By P.D. Lesko Don't get me wrong. The New Faculty Majority is filled with dedicated, intelligent and passionate individuals committed to effecting lasting change within higher education. Some of them.

Book Review: "How Economics Shapes Science"

By Beryl Lieff Benderly “Follow the money!” According to the film All the President’s Men, this advice from the shadowy informant known as Deep Throat guided Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl.

Higher Ed Experts Call President Obama’s ‘College Affordability’ Speech at U of M “political theater of the worst sort”

by P.D. Lesko President Obama came to Ann Arbor to tell the country that federal aid to colleges should be tied to tuition costs. Federal aid to students would remain untouched, and a cranky Congress would have to pass the President’s proposed plan. The reactions...

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