As we all try to make sense of the state of adjunct faculty, and try to write, it is easy to get caught up in the immediate: to focus on one's own personal frustrations, or to step up no more than a single category and...
Author: AdjunctNation Editorial Team
[private]At Wilfrid Laurier University, 400 people showed up at a rally on March 22nd to support the 365 contract part-time faculty, who are on strike. Check out this piece about.
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.
By Kat Kiefer-Newman Do you make lists? I had a boyfriend long ago who accused me (with dripping superiority) of being a compulsive list-maker. The fact is, though, that while my life would definitely be greatly enhanced through the employment and application of lists, well,...
One of the factors defining academic writing, and distinguishing it from writing in the rest of the world, is that it is graded. Grading is an area of ongoing debate.
By Dorinda Fox Over 90 percent of the time I feel lucky to be paid to teach writing. The other 10 percent of the time that I do not feel.
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA Most adjuncts would agree that every student has an ability to learn and often that ability is influenced by such characteristics as motivation, persistence, and self-confidence. Do you believe that any student can increase their capacity to learn through...
By Randy Eldridge My first teaching interview! I was so excited. The Department Chair had called me within a week of me sending in my resume asking me if I.
[private]People are always ready to give advice. The truth is that giving advice is never as easy as it seems. I am willing to bet that somewhere in the mapping.
By Jenny Ortiz With spring comes Finals Week and students more focused on getting a tan than learning. To be fair, after the temper tantrums Mother Nature has had these last winter months, I too, have been daydreaming about long summer hours of lazy inertia...
