There is often no such thing as the traditional summer off for adjunct instructors who are paid per class. Many adjuncts who need income during the summer…
I have defended ABC College many times on this blog, despite the fact that many of my colleagues have been unhappy with them. I have never before…
This is a longer blog, and I've decided to break it into two parts. I see them shuffle in every semester, this group referred to by the…
I've avoided opening the discussion about how adjuncts can earn tenure because opening the tenure discussion often seems like opening a wound that never heals. It is…
Whew! Sorry about being out of breath. I'm rushing to get this done (and as my editor will testify, I'm already a few days late). You see,…
by Tyler Mahoney There is an old argument for avoiding higher education: "Bill Gates dropped out of college and he’s one of the richest men in the…
By Greg Beatty Sandra Barnes’ On the Market: Strategies for a Successful Academic Job Search is a useful, fascinating, and at times markedly depressing book. Let me…
by Samuel Jacobs With the Obama family vacation just around the corner, we’d like to offer a refresher to anyone who is behind on their Barack…
by Mary Beth Marklein A government inquiry of 15 for-profit colleges found four cases in which campus officials encouraged applicants to commit fraud and examples at every…
by Tyler Mahoney There is an old argument for avoiding higher education: "Bill Gates dropped out of college and he’s one of the richest men in the…
