Last week we shared the first portion of an interview with Dr. Kirk Astle, Director of College Writing at Baker College Online. This week we conclude that interview. Adjunct Advocate: How much of the composition faculty at Baker is full-time? Dr. Astle: At...
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At the risk of beating a dead one day conference into the ground, I want to touch on some of the results of the one day conference on teaching writing.
One of the factors defining academic writing, and distinguishing it from writing in the rest of the world, is that it is graded. Grading is an area of ongoing debate.
I'd promised you more interviews. This week is the first installment in an extended interview with Dr. Kirk Astle, Director of College Writing for Baker College Online (and the program employs a number of adjuncts teaching writing). Dr. Astle was gracious enough to answer a...
Last week we shared the first portion of an interview with Dr. Kirk Astle, Director of College Writing at Baker College Online. This week we conclude that interview. Adjunct.
At the risk of beating a dead one day conference into the ground, I want to touch on some of the results of the one day conference on teaching writing.
As I noted last week, many schools don't have a strong sense that adjuncts write. (Okay, that's putting it mildly…) As a result, they don't provide much funding for conference attendance. Actually, that too is putting it mildly. Many schools provide no funds at all...
Whew! I'm exhausted. Ahem. Let me start again. Like many adjuncts, I teach for more than one school. These schools vary in their commitment to, and treatment of, their adjunct.
