A few months ago during a flurry of online colleagues searching for new jobs, the subject of using a teaching philosophy came up in the faculty forums. I am perplexed at how many of these adjuncts did not have one written. Some had no clue...
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After working for twenty-five years in the financial services industry I started on my quest to change careers and entered into the teaching field during the fall of 2008. I.
I have defended ABC College many times on this blog, despite the fact that many of my colleagues have been unhappy with them. I have never before felt micromanaged and.
I had planned to write this week about how to avoid burning bridges with colleges if someone has to turn down a class. Then, the phone rang at 8:30 this morning and shortly after, I began to smell smoke. First, some background. This semester was...
On April 20th, a fellow writing for The Chronicle of Higher Education in a column called the "Two-Year Track" published an essay titled "Why Adjuncts Have an Edge (Except When.
A 2009 Money magazine article entitled “5 Ways to Pump up Your Income” recommended college teaching to part-time employment seekers. Let's be clear: teaching college part-time, as a rule, will.
Several students are protesting the decision by Boston College to not renew the contract of an adjunct professor in its School of Theology and Ministry who has openly questioned why the Catholic church won’t ordain women. The Boston College mission statement on its website talks...
By Randy Eldridge My first teaching interview! I was so excited. The Department Chair had called me within a week of me sending in my resume asking me if I.
By Lance Eaton “I’m sorry, I can’t teach that class.” Now, I say this in a calm and mature tone. But in my head, I'm screaming, kicking, and pouting like.
