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Legally Armed Students in Your Classrooms: Ready or Not Here They Come

By Elaine Godfrey A professor emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin very publicly quitearlier this month in response to a new state law that allows students to bring their handguns into all classrooms and offices — including his 500-person introductory economics lectures. The...

Fairleigh Dickenson Prof Maps Adjunct Pay Nationwide

Richard Nisa is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has created an interactive map “exploring the relationships between adjunct instructor pay (taken from the most recent data.

When Students Don't Answer—Interpreting the Awkward Silence

by Paul T. Corrigan One balmy spring afternoon, I asked my students, “What is the difference between being a student and being a learner?” I hoped to start a lively discussion about.

When Students Don’t Answer—Interpreting the Awkward Silence

by Paul T. Corrigan One balmy spring afternoon, I asked my students, “What is the difference between being a student and being a learner?” I hoped to start a lively discussion about the purposes of college. Instead, one or two students attempted an answer, while the others...

A Round-up of the Best Books on College Teaching

by Linda B. Nilson We can’t keep up with our own discipline’s research, so how are we supposed to stay abreast of the college teaching literature? Let me make it.

Catholic Colleges Face Religious Objections to Adjunct Income Inequality

Gerald J. Beyer, associate professor of Christian ethics at Villanova University, has posted an interesting journal article that holds Catholic universities accountable for their treatment of poorly paid adjunct faculty..

Guess Who’s Most Likely to Default on Their Student Loans?

Student loan default rates have doubled over the last decade, and new research from Adam Looney of the U.S. Treasury Department and Constantine Yannelis from Stanford University, shows most of the increase is associated with the number of non-traditional borrowers attending for-profit schools and two-year...

At Fordham U Adjunct Fast Shows “Jesuit Just” Movement Gaining Momentum

by Katie Meyer Last week, a handful of Rose Hill’s adjunct professors spent the day without food. Their cause? As longtime anthropology adjunct Alan Trevithick explained it, the fast was.

Can Student Activists Push Administrators to Raise Pay for PT Faculty?

by Brian Min In April 2015, hundreds of students and professors from Columbia supported CU Fight for 15 by demonstrating in front of Low Steps to promote a $15 minimum wage for.

Asking Adjunct to Change Football Player’s Grade Costs Rutgers Coach $50K & Suspension

Read the full Rutgers Report on Kyle Flood here. Kyle Flood, who earns $2.5 million as the head coach of the Rutgers University football team has been suspended for three games as Rutgers football coach and fined $50,000 following a university-led investigation into rules violations and amid...

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