I have mentioned in a past blog the amount of time I spend writing and answering email on an average day (one hour for four or five…
Carol Weatherford
Last June, the adjuncts and contingent faculty at Western Michigan University voted almost without dissent (207- 29) to ratify a contract for a new part-time instructor faculty…
Let us say that you are an adjunct instructor with a Master's degree in your content area and several years of pertinent teaching experience; however, the current…
There is often no such thing as the traditional summer off for adjunct instructors who are paid per class. Many adjuncts who need income during the summer…
This is it. This is the summer you will brush up on your teaching skills or your organization techniques. You know it will make your life easier…
Offices are important. An office is the college instructor's home away from home; in fact, the instructor often spends more time at the office than at home.…
Obviously, I'm not a person who likes to say "no" or I wouldn't be teaching for four colleges in four Michigan counties this semester. And no, this…
The fact that there is a primetime TV show about community colleges is another sign that these institutions are now part of our mainstream life and popular…
Piss Poor Prof, also known as Burnt-Out Adjunct, describes the adjunct as being "the academic equivalent of a fry cook." http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2009/06/15/adjunct Then there is Dr. Burton Fletcher,…
I love email. I have been using it for over ten years and it has gone from an amusing novelty to one of the most important communication…
