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“My adjunct teaching job wound up being a lot more than I bargained for.” by Jonita Davis My job in 2017 was to teach Composition I to new college students, showing them how to express themselves through writing. My role quickly…

“Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.” Theodore Roosevelt by Tina Seelig This is an important reminder that teaching is all about building a relationship with your students. In fact, in today’s world,…

by Paul Thomas One of the best and most significant changes for me when I moved from high school English teaching to being a college professor was a blossoming of my life as a writer. In the spring of my first year of…

by P.D. Lesko On January 12, 2020 Robert Reich (@RBReich) Tweeted this observation: "American capitalism in a nutshell: The same day it was announced that Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg will receive a $62M golden parachute... 2,800…

by Kent Oswald Does anyone know, and will they share, the purpose of higher education, both the learning and teaching parts? I’ve experienced big and small, private and public, research- and teaching-focused college and graduate school.…

by Ama McKinley I’m a first semester instructor this fall, guiding 106 students as they learn Human Communication and Graphic Design. Sometimes, this job still feels like i’m being punked. When I was in college, I was…

I’d like to pose some questions to my colleagues: have you ever been sick, had an emergency, missed your train, had a death in the family, been in a car accident, or simply needed a mental health day? Have you ever had to cancel a class,…

As I write this, I am a little over a week past turning in final grades. I had more “earned” Fs from my classes this semester than ever before. When I say “earned,” I mean 1) some people attended the whole term but didn’t turn in all the…

Thus, the idea that adjuncts all over the country should "educate" the public on the need for pay equity in higher education can only be likened to adjuncts putting belts around their own necks then tightening them. As I have pointed out…

by P.D. Lesko In 2016, researchers Jason Brennan and Phillip Magness published "Estimating the Cost of Justice for Adjuncts: A Case Study in University Business Ethics." In their article, the two men offered up some math. According to the…