In between these actual posts about writing and adjuncts, the subject is always simmering in the back of my mind. What is the relationship? What should the relationship be? How does one affect the other? What is the place of tenure in this equation? Some gloriously...
I read a blog posting by a snappish prof. who said he hated the term "contingent" faculty. So, I went to the dictionary to see what I could see. Here.
Let me start with a few minor updates: On the plus side, I've got some interesting interviews coming up. On the negative/absent side, I still haven't heard back from many.
By Kat Kiefer-Newman I know that I've complained before about Bb9 (it was frustrating, to say the least, when it first came online). I didn't even know then what I will euphemistically call the challenges I would be dealing with now. Today, I sit here typing...
By Jenny Ortiz Smart-ass. Too harsh? We'v all had the wise guy, the smart aleck, the know it all in the class who spends more time disrupting the class than.
By P.D. Lesko Separate but equal. It seemed like a workable solution in the 1890s, when the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on Plessy vs. Ferguson. You have yours and.
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. I'm not really a "club" or activity person. In high school and college, I was not involved in group clubs or sports. I was more of an independent (read: loner) type who preferred activities I could do by myself or in...
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA When you hear the phrase student retention, what comes to mind? Is it a set of numbers that the school hopes to achieve? Is.
By Helene A. Matheny Perhaps you've seen that "Neatdesk" ad, where office papers come alive in the form of a "monster." Every time I see that, I think of the.
Mt. Hood Community College adjunct Marilyn Pitts was recently given an Excellence Award from the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD). Read about Pitts and the award here. Winners are given the opportunity to present a seminar at the group's annual conference, in May. Wouldn't...
