News For the Adjunct Faculty Nation

Study: "Teachers Don't Matter. Teaching Methods Do." Right.

By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. A recent article caught my attention. The headline read: "Study: It's not teachers, but method that matters." Yikes! The article describes a recent study by Carl Wieman, of the University of British Columbia, who shared a Nobel physics prize in 2001....

Teaching in A Company Town of Dreams

By Dorinda Fox Orlando was once a company town and the company was Disney. The success of the Disney theme parks and hotels begat more theme parks and hotels. Nowadays,.

A Cheeky Plea For Faculty Unity

If you haven't noticed from my past entries that I like a bit of cheekiness (well, maybe even a lot of cheekiness), then you're not reading my entries closely enough..

Three Attempts at Perspective

As we all try to make sense of the state of adjunct faculty, and try to write, it is easy to get caught up in the immediate: to focus on one's own personal frustrations, or to step up no more than a single category and to...

A Cool Million and Some Solidarity

[private]At Wilfrid Laurier University, 400 people showed up at a rally on March 22nd to support the 365 contract part-time faculty, who are on strike. Check out this piece about.

Alternative Faculty, Alternative Writing

As the Internet has flooded its way through every aspect of contemporary life, it has changed many things. One of the things net champions claim as a victory is the.

At The Top of My List? Make A To-Do List, Of Course

By Kat Kiefer-Newman Do you make lists? I had a boyfriend long ago who accused me (with dripping superiority) of being a compulsive list-maker. The fact is, though, that while my life would definitely be greatly enhanced through the employment and application of lists, well, I...

Adjuncts and Grading Writing

One of the factors defining academic writing, and distinguishing it from writing in the rest of the world, is that it is graded. Grading is an area of ongoing debate.

A Recipe For Dealing With Student Complaints: Cruises, Karaoke & Fighting Fair

By Dorinda Fox Over 90 percent of the time I feel lucky to be paid to teach writing. The other 10 percent of the time that I do not feel.

Purposeful Learning and Students’ Active Involvement

By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA Most adjuncts would agree that every student has an ability to learn and often that ability is influenced by such characteristics as motivation, persistence, and self-confidence. Do you believe that any student can increase their capacity to learn through focused...

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