by P.D. Lesko In “Parity or Partiality in California: Only Time Will Tell,” published in the January/February 2002 issue of the Adjunct Advocate, author Pam Dillon wrote this: “During negotiations in certain districts, union and district officials have been exploring ways to allocate the funds to...
by Shari Dinkins THIS IS GOING to be great. I’m going to choke this down in six weeks and get on with my life. All I got to do is.
by Anthony Akers Hi. I’ll be your English professor this semester. I have a Master’s degree in English and Philosophy, seven years of teaching experience, and I’ve written three books..
by Mark J. Drozdowski IF YOU'RE LIKE me and most other people who’ve passed through college and perhaps graduate school, then you’re probably not terribly familiar with on-line education. As so-called traditional students, we learned in a classroom with the professor and fellow students right in...
by Denise R. Boyd In today’s competitive textbook market, it’s difficult to find a textbook that doesn’t include free access to a companion Web site. These sites are packed with.
by Evelyn Beck Not too long ago, Santa Fe Community College (SFCC) brought its adjuncts into the twenty-first century. “It’s hard to imagine anyone working without e-mail and computers even.
CHARLES LIN HAS met with students at all hours and has often spent nights on a futon in his office at the University of Maryland, but because of budget cuts, Lin--who received the Outstanding Instructor Award from the College of Computer, Mathematics and Physical Sciences in...
IT TOOK THEM three years, but lecturers across the University of California system finally sealed a contract, gaining better job security and base salary raises. The American Federation of Teachers,.
Teaching assistants and lecturers at the University of Guelph voted recently to ratify a new three-year contract. A tentative agreement was reached between the Canadian Union of Public Employees local.
Victor Valley Community College violated labor laws when its board voted to incorporate part-time professors into the full-time faculty union without the part-timers’ consent, officials said Wednesday. An administrative law judge wrote a tentative decision—called a pre-ruling—on March 6 that could become final if the college...
