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Our Common Interest: Defending Higher Education and Changing the World (A Reply)
by Joseph G. Ramsey, Ph.D.
Having now re-read AdjunctNation's response to my essay "The Invisible Faculty," and having had a chance to digest a range of responses to both the AdjunctNation piece and mine, I'm prepared to offer some…
Why The Poor Working Conditions For Part-timers Should Matter to Full-timers
But while the working conditions of these sessional instructors is a central problem to be tackled at universities, many full-time professors are also awakening to the rising difficulties associated with their job. In fact, the ‘sessional…
Should Venting About Students be Banned?
Put college faculty members in a room and eventually the talk turns to venting about students. Should such discussions about students be discouraged or even banned?
Some of My Students Will Fail: The Reasons Why May Surprise You
Sara Goldrick-Rab, in her book Paying the Price, shows that this isn’t true. For poor students, a low grade often doesn’t reflect a lack of hard work, intelligence, or responsibility. It reflects that humans can only be pushed so far until…
In Chicago, Mass Student/Staff Protests in Support of Adjunct Faculty
The AdjunctNation Editorial Team
According to reporting on Chicagoist.com, groups demanding better treatment, pay and benefits for adjunct and part-time faculty in higher education held several demonstrations across the city Wednesday,…
The Extra Credit Experiment
by Laura Yeager
I tried something new last semester in College Writing I--extra credit. I've never offered extra credit points in a college class before (I thought it was kind of babyish), but this year, I decided to try it. And after…
Plagiarism vs. Originality: Why I [Heart] Melania Trump
by Diane M. Rubino
When I first I started teaching, I knew what plagiarism meant and how it related to schoolwork. But student “cheaters” challenged my beliefs. I also assumed graduate student would submit original work. So it took me by…
Diversity and the Exploitiation of Adjunct Professors
When I was adjuncting, I’m sorry to say it, but I gave into despair. I absolutely love to teach—but I’ve taught at eight different universities and came to see them as interchangeable—just as they saw each body in “the adjunct pool” as…
Adjunct Instructors’ Outlook on Full-Time Employment
by Tami Strang
If you’ve been following education news lately, you’ve probably read at least one article that discusses the struggles that many adjunct instructors are having as they seek full-time employment at colleges and…
TechKNOWLEDGE-y for the Adjunct: Social Media, Students, and You
by Bridgett McGowen-Hawkins, M.A.
Teaching faculty know that social media is no longer just for “liking” photos, updating Facebook timelines, and re-tweeting the latest news from higher education. In her eight-minute podcast…
