higher education

Why FT Faculty Will Never Speak Out for PT Faculty

by P.D. Lesko "I don't think that people in power can be convinced by words or articles. They will never give it up by choice."—Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian activist, feminist, physician The plea du jour to address the two-tier labor system within higher education is...

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.

What Public Universities Must do to Regain Public Support

by Steven M. Gavazzi Universities have lost public support in recent years. In order to get it back, college presidents should worry less about how their institutions fare in college rankings and focus.

In the College Classroom, Why Print is Better Than Digital

by Patricia A. Alexander and Lauren M. Singer Trakhman, Ph.D. Today’s students see themselves as digital natives, the first generation to grow up surrounded by technology like smartphones, tablets and e-readers. Teachers, parents and policymakers certainly acknowledge the growing influence of technology and have responded in kind. We’ve seen more...

The Responsibility of Adjunct Intellectuals

by Corey Robin In the 1990s the philosopher and Arts & Letters Daily editor Dennis Dutton ran an annual Bad Writing contest in order to highlight turgid academic prose. If the contest.

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.

New Research—Stop Thinking Student-Athletes Have Time For Your Class

by Jasmine Harris From my first day as a sociology professor at a university with a Division I football and men’s basketball team, education and athletics struck me as being inherently at odds. Student-athletes filled my courses to take advantage of the fact that the...

On Being Educated

by James V. Schall, S.J. A friend of mine recently asked me how he should go about reading Samuel Johnson, the great 18th century English lexicographer, a man of many.

Why Online Learning Isn’t as Inclusive as You May Think

By Erin Clow & Klodiana Kolomitro Online education has seen tremendous growth in the last decade and student enrolment in web-based classes continue to grow. For many institutions, online learning.

Should Venting About Students be Banned?

by Jason Deehan Recently I received a response to a blog post about shared teacher workspace. The comment, from a teacher at a private school, casually mentioned that they have a no-venting policy at their institution - that venting about a student is considered the...

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