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Five Easy Ways to Integrate Active Learning into Your Classroom

Several studies indicate the importance of encouraging students in the learning process. They further reveal that it makes them more attentive and focused, helps students exercise higher-level thinking skills and nurtures important learning experiences. While good discussions are known to be a handy tool for...

Our Common Interest: Defending Higher Education and Changing the World (A Reply)

by Joseph G. Ramsey, Ph.D. Having now re-read AdjunctNation's response to my essay "The Invisible Faculty," [Please note: this essay is behind a paywall.] and having had a chance to.

Why FT Faculty Will Never Speak Out for PT Faculty

by P.D. Lesko "I don't think that people in power can be convinced by words or articles. They will never give it up by choice."—Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian activist, feminist,.

Why The Poor Working Conditions For Part-timers Should Matter to Full-timers

by Grace Karram Stephenson The plight of the part-time professor – often called sessional, contingent or precarious instructors – has become a hot topic in the past decade leading many to question what has happened to the prestige and honor of gaining a PhD. For a growing...

Science May Have Found a Cure for the “Adjunct Syndrome”

by P.D. Lesko It's the Holiday Season. The Season of Joy. The Season of Caring. The Season of Giving. For non-tenured faculty from Australia to England and from Canada to.

The Continuing Saga of College Faculty Forced to Choose Between Food and Shelter

by Jack Hauen and Zak Vescera Canadian Professor Colin Green has been teaching in the University of British Columbia's history department for 15 years — but at least once a year, he has.

New Study: The Rise of the Temporary Workforce in Science Research

by Kevin Fryling Half of the people pursuing careers as scientists at higher education institutions will drop out of the field after five years, according to a new analysis from researchers at Indiana University Bloomington. That number contrasts sharply with the departure rate of scientists...

Educators Must Challenge the Politics of Evil

by Dr. Cathryn van Kessel After Robert Bowers murdered 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh, people are looking for explanations. Who would do such a thing? And why? The answers are almost.

The Responsibility of Adjunct Intellectuals

by Corey Robin In the 1990s the philosopher and Arts & Letters Daily editor Dennis Dutton ran an annual Bad Writing contest in order to highlight turgid academic prose. If the contest.

Colleagues Abroad: Shattering Myths About Contract Academic Staff

When the Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) conducted a national survey of contract academic staff last year, it was the first time this growing segment of the academic workforce was given such a voice in Canada. The survey aimed to hear about their working...

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