I'd promised you more interviews. This week is the first installment in an extended interview with Dr. Kirk Astle, Director of College Writing for Baker College Online (and the program employs a number of adjuncts teaching writing). Dr. Astle was gracious enough to answer a...
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In California, higher education leaders are freaking out. Well, calmly, of course and with regal bearing and presence of mind, as Chancellors and Provosts are expected to do. Governor Ahhhnold.
I'm not sure how I feel about wordriver, but I'm glad it exists, and I'm wildly intrigued. You see, wordriver is a new (as of 2009) literary journal. Like many.
By Kat Kiefer-Newman Spring seems to finally be here. I know because over on my Facebook page people have been posting for a couple of weeks now warmer temperatures, pictures of their gardens bursting with color, and recipes for homemade peeps. Breaks come and go....
By Nancy A. Walker, Ph.D. As technology has changed over the course of the years, so has effective education. In this week’s blog, we will take a look at effective.
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. Grading is one of the biggest challenges facing a New Adjunct. I've always felt grading was a strong suit of mine, as I have experience.
I participate in a city-wide politics email listserv in the town where I live. Recently, a woman posted a detailed message about what the group should do to reach a larger audience so as to stop preaching to the choir, as it were. The last...
Take a look at the Adjunct Writing Instructor Group on Ning. No, seriously. Go ahead. It won't take you long. It is, or rather was, a group started by an.
[private]Did pigs just fly overhead? Is hell freezing over? Check out this post from the Law Librarian blog: AAUP Calls for Placing Adjunct Faculty on Tenure Track In Conversion of Appointments.
By Jenny Ortiz During my office hour either I'm staring at the walls in my office praying for a student (even one that isn't in my class) to show up to alleviate my boredom, or I'm so busy prepping I don't have time to even...
