adjunct faculty

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

With no job security and low pay in one of the most expensive cities in North America, hundreds of employees at a world-class university are struggling to simply pay their bills..

Anonymous Allegations? A “Membership Integrity” Committee?

Within a few weeks, Kapila and two other union members, Michele Hoffman and Carey Friedman, received Integrity Committee notices informing them that they'd been charged with causing harm to the union and summoning them to hearings. The charges were dated October 28, the hearings were...

I Acted Like a Complete Jerk to my Students Just to Prove a Point

I belittled one student by criticizing him in front of others. I favored another student by telling other students they should be more like her. I responded impatiently to questions..

The Responsibility of Adjunct Intellectuals

Academics write for the public more than ever before but are hampered by precariousness of their profession. This article is only available to subscribers. If you're a subscriber, log in..

There Is No Such Thing As An Adjunct Professor

by Debra Leigh Scott A full year has passed since I announced my departure from academic “adjunct” employment, listing my plans for reconstructing my life once I was no longer living the life of a precariously-employed scholar. I’ve been silent here as I went about...

Venting About Students on Twitter May Be Re-Wiring Your Brain (and Not in a Good Way)

by P.D. Lesko On Twitter, the witty professors are out in force. There are "sarcastic" professors, "burned out" professors, "bitter" professors, professors of "sarcasm," "angry" professors, "snarky" professors, "jaded" professors.

Why Being a Hard-Ass Prof is Bad for You and Your Students

by P.D. Lesko I was the kind of faculty member who believed that students rise to meet the high opinion a faculty member has of them. More often than not,.

AAUP Amicus Brief Supports Adjunct Faculty Union Rights in Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit v. NLRB

by AdjunctNation staff The American Association of University Professors has filed an amicus brief in support Duquesne University faculty who have voted to form a union, arguing that widespread acceptance of AAUP guidelines about academic freedom at religious institutions illustrates a straightforward path for determining the right...

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