Over at the OK Corral that is The Chronicle of Higher Education, they've printed a commentary by adjunct Deborah Lewis. Lewis offers several solutions to improve the pay, performance and working conditions for adjunct faculty. I like some of her ideas. Much of what she...
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A few weeks ago I commented on how some of the major academic organizations (Modern Language Association [MLA], National Council of Teachers of English [NCTE]) supported adjunct attendance at their.
At the University of South Carolina, president Harris Pastides has a $39 million dollar budget deficit. That sounds horrifying to those of us with $39 dollars in our savings accounts..
At the moment, I'm in air-conditioned comfort at the Austin Convention Center. We're displaying at the NISOD conference. If you've not heard of NISOD (National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development), check out the group's web site. Yesterday, when the Exhibit Hall opened for a...
Let's be honest; Pope Benedict XVI has little charisma. Whereas John Paul II was the Frank Sinatra of the Vatican, Pope Benedict is more the Joey Bishop of the Papal.
NBC recently announced its Fall line-up includes a show titled "Community." As NBC execs. describe it, the comedy is about a group of quirky "losers" at fictional Greendale Community College..
Maybe you've already noticed some of the changes we've made to AdjunctNation.com. If not, here's a quick list of what's new. When you have a bit of time check out the content: 1. Greg Beatty blogs on reading & writing. I've been working with Greg...
Did you participate in the New Faculty Majority Day? Did you read about it? The idea for a day when faculty off the tenure-track across the United States come out.
Several years ago, while I was finishing my dissertation, I was teaching as an adjunct at North Carolina State University. One day while I was walking to my cubicle, I.
On April 20th, a fellow writing for The Chronicle of Higher Education in a column called the "Two-Year Track" published an essay titled "Why Adjuncts Have an Edge (Except When They Don't)." Well, well, I thought, finally someone will explain just why adjuncts seem always...
