By Jenny Ortiz Smart-ass. Too harsh? We'v all had the wise guy, the smart aleck, the know it all in the class who spends more time disrupting the class than learning. They're smart but they end up either failing the course or passing by the...
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By P.D. Lesko Separate but equal. It seemed like a workable solution in the 1890s, when the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on Plessy vs. Ferguson. You have yours and.
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. I'm not really a "club" or activity person. In high school and college, I was not involved in group clubs or sports. I was more.
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA When you hear the phrase student retention, what comes to mind? Is it a set of numbers that the school hopes to achieve? Is it something to be addressed from a school-wide perspective, which is beyond your control? Or...
By Helene A. Matheny Perhaps you've seen that "Neatdesk" ad, where office papers come alive in the form of a "monster." Every time I see that, I think of the.
Mt. Hood Community College adjunct Marilyn Pitts was recently given an Excellence Award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD). Read about Pitts and the award here. Winners.
By Melissa McDonald A couple months ago, my fellow Adjunct By Choice, Ron Tinsley, gave us his reasons for considering and then not pursuing a Ph.D. in "Just a Side of Fries, Please." He writes, I've realized I can do this without a Ph.D. I...
By Lance Eaton Frequent Flyer adjuncts can feel like their life consists of repeatedly having to bring the mountain to the people. Synchronizing information, technology, material, and communication across multiple.
By Rich Russell "Cannot you see, cannot all you lecturers see, that it is we that are dying, and that down here the only thing that really lives is the.
As the academic year draws to a close, colleges and universities around the U.S. are giving out teaching awards. Awards given to adjunct and part-time faculty strike a particularly poignant note at schools where part-timers hold work-for-hire appointments. One year, a part-timer can be Teacher...
