by Sarah Khalil Every day of my life, I sign onto AIM in hopes of chatting with a few of my friends. Things will go smoothly for about five minutes, until someone responds with the inevitable ridiculous abbreviation or smiley face. According to those I speak...
by Christine Mainka Has it ever happened to you? Your friend or colleague sent you an amusing email. You quickly composed a clever riposte. You clicked “send.” And then you.
by Jo Gibson Adjunct faculty are nothing if not pro-active about creating job- and career-enhancing opportunities for themselves. They have to be. As they build their teaching practice, they reach.
by Lee Ayers Schlosser, and Michael Simonson, Information Age Publishing, Inc, 2006. 160 pages. reviewed by Glen T. Fogerty An on-going mission for many colleges or universities is to provide “accessible education” (Owston, 1997) to those who seek new knowledge. However, a traditional campus may be...
by Zachary Michael Jack, University of South Carolina Press, 2005. 312 pages. reviewed by Kathleen D. Kelsey Reading Black Earth and Ivory Tower reminds me of why I’m an academic.
[private] On the AdjunctNation.com Web site, we surveyed faculty visitors and asked them to tell us whether they permitted students to eat during lectures. The survey results show that 77.
HELP WANTED Position: Distance Education Course Designer Job Description: Unique opportunity to design higher education courses on distance learning platform. Benefits include: (1) strengthening classroom strategies, broadening facilitation skills and improving curriculum vitae, (2) recognition by the Academy and honing subject matter expertise, (3) assignment as...
by Elizabeth Armstrong Moore In a classical multiple choice question, a student should choose a correct answer among several (optimally 5) answers. Multiple choice questions consist of three obligatory parts:.
[private] Lack of office space, class over-enrollment and unbalanced salaries are a few of many concerns that still plague adjunct faculty at Webster University in Missouri, some adjuncts said. A.
Becky Meadows Wilson of Carrollton, Kentucky has filed a formal grievance with Ivy Tech College, claiming that her contract with the school was not renewed because of a flap over a concert she was organizing to benefit part-time instructors who work without health benefits. Ivy Tech...
