According to this piece from the Palm Beach Post web site, the for profit South University president John Peterson, disinvited all of the school's adjunct faculty from the annual holiday bash at the Breakers. Ok, those of us chilling in northern climes may have a...
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In Israel, as I wrote earlier this month, tenured and tenure-line faculty have been on strike since the first day of classes. The strike, now in its eighth week, isn't.
AA 52 More Perspectives I'd like to continue last week's process of breaking out of my own habitual limits by seeing the topic of adjuncts and writing from other.
By P.D. Lesko Over the course of the past three years, adjunct and part-time faculty have been systematically scape-goated for any number of problems plaguing the Academy. Students dropping out like flies? Why, blame the adjuncts. As I wrote in a 2009 blog entry for...
By Jenny Ortiz Martial arts film star Bruce Lee has taught me that to be a good teacher, I have to remain a student. The best place to continue learning has been in.
Surf the net to the web pages of part-time faculty unions affiliated with any of the Big Three labor unions and look at the posted budgets. Hell, surf on over.
By Kat Kiefer-Newman I went to a job fair recently. The CCC Registry (California Community Colleges Registry) just had one in L.A. and my dear friend Emma and I optimistically packed up our curriculum vitae with the best of intentions. Attitude is everything at these academic...
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. AdjunctNation.com has a wonderful blog, The Freeway Flyer, written by Helene Matheny, who writes about teaching at multiple campuses (among other things). I enjoy reading.
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA By Bruce A. Johnson, PhD, MBA The start date for your next online class is approaching. How do you prepare for your facilitation duties?.
According to an article published in The New York Times, the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that employers have the right to keep workers from using company email to send out union-related messages. The ruling has been called "a major setback to the nation's...
