As we've seen in previous posts, many adjuncts write. They write well, prolifically, and usefully; they win awards for their writing. Some publish scholarship in their field; some blog or otherwise engage new media in ways that provide valuable service to their disciplines. Many adjuncts, though,...
Gregory Zobel has a terrific blog called Adjunct Advice. It's a terrific blog, because Zobel gives some terrific advice. I know that sounds simplistic, but it's true. About a week.
By Melissa McDonald Every term, I always have at least one student who says, quite brazenly, some variation of "I hate being forced to write, and I'm in this class.
By Erik Hanson What would you do for that golden opportunity? Wait, we can probably assume most New Adjuncts might equate that sort of opportunity with a full-time teaching position. For the sake of argument, let’s downgrade that to a silver opportunity and define it as...
This week we're shifting focus a bit. Dana S. Dunn is Professor of Psychology at Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Moravian is a small and selective liberal arts college with.
The average part-time faculty member earns $2,500 per course. Alright, before we all start crying into our beer, wine or other appropriate cocktail, let's make clear that 60 percent of.
By P.D. Lesko In the AdjunctNation.com Archive, there are over 1,000 articles. It's a treasure trove of materials going back almost a decade. There, faculty off the tenure-track can read what amounts to a historical record of the trials, tribulations, triumphs and successes of adjunct faculty...
By Kat Kiefer-Newman I'm no Cupid. There are some things I am very good at, but I am seriously no Cupid. Nor am I a Yenta, a Mi-Ai, a Sensale,.
According to an editorial in the paper Haaretz, a nationwide strike by 4500 senior faculty has entered its seventh week. As faculty are wont to do, the senior lecturers want.
By Dorinda Fox I don’t watch Fox News and don’t want to. However, many of my long suffering students, who patiently read what I ask them to read and perform academic tasks I deem worthy, do watch Fox News. If they can read material that might...
