by Christine Mainka Has it ever happened to you? Your friend or colleague sent you an amusing email. You quickly composed a clever riposte. You clicked “send.” And then you had second thoughts: Oh dear, I forgot that X is a little vulnerable in that...
Author: AdjunctNation Editorial Team
by Jo Gibson Adjunct faculty are nothing if not pro-active about creating job- and career-enhancing opportunities for themselves. They have to be. As they build their teaching practice, they reach.
by Lee Ayers Schlosser, and Michael Simonson, Information Age Publishing, Inc, 2006. 160 pages. reviewed by Glen T. Fogerty An on-going mission for many colleges or universities is to provide.
by Zachary Michael Jack, University of South Carolina Press, 2005. 312 pages. reviewed by Kathleen D. Kelsey Reading Black Earth and Ivory Tower reminds me of why I’m an academic and a hobby gardener and not a full-time farmer. In-between reading the 32 expertly written...
[private] On the AdjunctNation.com Web site, we surveyed faculty visitors and asked them to tell us whether they permitted students to eat during lectures. The survey results show that 77.
HELP WANTED Position: Distance Education Course Designer Job Description: Unique opportunity to design higher education courses on distance learning platform. Benefits include: (1) strengthening classroom strategies, broadening facilitation skills and.
by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore In a classical multiple choice question, a student should choose a correct answer among several (optimally 5) answers. Multiple choice questions consist of three obligatory parts: 1. the question (“body of the question”) 2. the correct answer (“the key of the...
[private] Lack of office space, class over-enrollment and unbalanced salaries are a few of many concerns that still plague adjunct faculty at Webster University in Missouri, some adjuncts said. A.
Becky Meadows Wilson of Carrollton, Kentucky has filed a formal grievance with Ivy Tech College, claiming that her contract with the school was not renewed because of a flap over.
The negotiating teams of the Acadia University Faculty Association (AUFA) and Board of Governors met Wednesday evening at the Board’s request; however, the discussion was short lived. “We are very disappointed with the Board’s most recent offer, as well as their decision to walk away...
