by Donnell King Dear Jeremy: Your (I suspect) tongue-in-cheek response to a Facebook posting has led me to a lot of introspection and thought. When a colleague…
Part-Time Thoughts
We’ve all had our students fill them out: faculty and course evaluations at the end of the semester. A University of Washington student doesn’t think they go…
by Joseph G. Ramsey, Ph.D. Having now re-read AdjunctNation's response to my essay "The Invisible Faculty," [Please note: this essay is behind a paywall.] and having had…
by Grace Karram Stephenson The plight of the part-time professor – often called sessional, contingent or precarious instructors – has become a hot topic in the past decade leading…
by Jason Deehan Recently I received a response to a blog post about shared teacher workspace. The comment, from a teacher at a private school, casually mentioned…
by Jill Richardson Another semester is about to begin at the community college where I teach. Some of my students come from middle-class backgrounds. They went to…
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…
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…
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.…
by Jennifer Jean This past May, I drove Professor Gwendolyn Rosemond home after she attended one of the bi-annual artist retreats I co-direct with my husband—we traveled…
