by I.M. Knott-Tawkin “I had no idea my professor was a recovering adjunct,” said one student. “We are powerless against academia,” is the first step of a…
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by P.D. Lesko One college president told the local newspaper that his college was lowering the number of hours per week adjunct faculty could teach from 30…
by Monty Tufnel and Leah Wescott “Professor Regins used to be really cool. I looked forward to his lively class discussions,” said one student. “Now he just…
By P.D. Lesko We're back from a much-needed summer break. Every August, we close the office and spend time with friends and family. My family and I…
by Debra Leigh Scott While Chris LaBree and I were on the first leg of our Homeless Adjunct road tour, the updated list of university president salaries…
By Bruce A. Johnson, Ph.D., MBA Your work as an adjunct instructor - do you remember how it all began? What initially inspired you to teach? Do…
by Jonathan Rees While this piece from the NYT‘s business section is designed for any worker, it should have special relevance for academics: These are the kinds of comments…
by Ken Mondschein Two sides are shaping up in the debate on the troubled state of American higher education. The one, which I’ll call the Tories, looks…
by Kathryn A. Higgins One day while I was waiting in line for my daily one free cup of coffee – a perquisite of my job of…
by Barbara Shelley College isn’t cool on the GOP campaign trail. First we had Mitt Romney accusing President Barack Obama of hanging out, at least metaphorically, in…