by Elayne Clift Webster got it right: I am “not essentially a part of [the academy.]” I am only “an accompanying object.” I have felt this reality many times. I feel it now, as I am told that there will be no salary increase, again,...
adjunct faculty
The Adjunct Advocate congratulates all of the contingent faculty winners of this year’s Fulbright Scholar Awards. As in past years, independent scholars, part-time, adjunct, full-time temporary and visiting faculty were.
After nearly two years of legal wrangling, part-time faculty at College of the Canyons finally got what they wanted–the chance to choose which union would represent them. Today, in a.
by Gloria McMillan TAA) Would you like to supply a bit of biographical detail for this interview? Anything that you think we should know about you? I grew up in Eastern Washington state on a small farm near a small town. I attended public schools and...
by Chris Cumo We’ve all heard the myth about the talented young idealist who applied for an assistant professorship at Northwestern Trans Mississippi Valley State University in Idaho only to receive.
by Christopher Cumo Like nearly every college and university, Santa Rosa Junior College in Santa Rosa, California relies on part-time faculty. With 320 full-time faculty, the College employs 1100 part-time faculty, says adjunct.
So a few years ago, I decided to make some lifestyle changes and left my career as an investment advisor to teach on-line and work from home. This provided a means to reduce my expenses, nominalize my income taxes, spend more time with my young...
by Chris Cumo DEWEY DEFALCO, ASSISTANT to the Director of Distance Learning and Lead Faculty for Distance Learning at Jones College in Jacksonville, Florida, knows that some faculty dislike distance.
ISU argued non-tenured faculty who teach less than 75 percent of a full load, haven’t had full loads for three semesters in a row or work full-time in Milner Library.
Evaluating Evaluations Recently, I had the experience of receiving some scathing evaluations from a group of students in a cultural linguistics course I taught. Since I have always had good to great evaluations (and great evals. from the university evaluators), I took time to ponder the...
