Author: AdjunctNation Editorial Team

Korean Lecturers Protest Low Pay and Shoddy Treatment

One morning recently, throngs of workers were rushing to their offices on the slippery road. But amidst them was a white-haired couple taking down a rain-soaked green-colored camping tent to dry it in the morning sunshine, alongside other rain-soaked supplies. They were not homeless people...

28 Years & Counting: Foreign-Language Lecturers Versus Italy

by Henry Rodgers When I emigrated from Ireland to Italy in 1988 I had no inkling that I would become involved in a marathon campaign to end discrimination against foreign.

Interesting Tip-off

Listen to my blog entry here. I have been reading, with interest, the whoop-la over at the AFT about its FACE initiative. Craig Smith has given over his FACE-talk blog.

New Podcast Interview Series

Listen to my blog entry here. We've kicked off our AdjunctNation.com Podcast Interview Series with an interview of Dr. Peter Brown. Adjunct Advocate profiled Dr. Brown in our November/December 2005 issue. In that piece, author Brian Cole writes: Recognizing the part-timers need for their own...

The Adjunct Advocate (Not!)

Listen to my blog entry here. I have been called the adjunct Advocate on numerous occasions. It's the title of the publication, after all, and I publish the magazine. I.

Asking Questions & Getting Answers

Listen to my blog entry here. I love really well done interviews. Interviewing, I think, is an art form, and it's a part of my job that I enjoy immensely..

It’s the Working Conditions. Really.

If you haven't already heard of FACE, let me introduce you to it. It is an initiative by the American Federation of Teachers, and FACE stands for Faculty and College Excellence. We all want faculty and college excellence. On the surface, it sounds like a...

Show Me The Money

Could it be that some universities forgot to send along their monthly donation checks to the campaigns of Sen. Max S. Baucus, Democrat of Montana, and Sen. Charles E. Grassley,.

The Denial Twist

Listen to my blog entry here. By now, if you haven't already heard about it, you must be very busy with grading papers. The "it" to which I am referring.

Hiring Like You Mean It

Craig Smith over at the AFT published a blog entry recently that talked about making the process for hiring part-time faculty as rigorous as that used when conducting searches for tenure line faculty. Before you scream, hear me out. Right now, part-time faculty are perceived...

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