Recently I dipped in to the January 11, 2010 edition of the world's best magazine, I mean, The New Yorker. There I found "After the Blowup," an essay by John Cassidy about how the various schools of laissez-faire economics are dealing with—or failing to deal...
Author: AdjunctNation Editorial Team
Folks new to the college experience, whatever their age or pathway, are expecting teachers. The trouble is that teaching is a whole other profession, with a completely different educational profile,.
Last semester I walked into a class that I had been petitioning to teach since I began at this particular school. It is a class on the dark and brooding.
Last semester I walked into a class that I had been petitioning to teach since I began at this particular school. It is a class on the dark and brooding subject of death. When I first talked with the department chair about this class, and...
I teach at a brick and mortar University one night a week and all the buzz in the break room has been about what everyone is doing for Spring Break.
Despite the many social and demographic changes that have resulted in colleges and universities welcoming a wider variety of non-traditional students (from returning women to life-long learners) the biggest chunk.
According to Allbusiness.com, the definition of job security is "Freedom from the fear of dismissal or job loss." In academe, the traditional definition of job security has been the tenure awarded position. In recent years, with fewer tenure track teaching positions being offered, it would...
Some days I really love chili peppers. I mean all kinds: habanera, jalapeno, serrano, the band from the 80s and 90s, and also the RateMyProfessor.com chilies. As I get older,.
This column follows immediately on last week’s post about geek kits. Today, instead of materials, I want to talk about encouraging time management practices in our students. In my column.
When we were students, we spent time researching the schools we wanted to attend. We looked at the reputation, ranking, degree choices, cost and alignment to our personal goals. We shopped around and we found the school that fit best. I chose traditional schools with...
