I have been thinking about what it means to be a college faculty member. What does it mean to accept the responsibility of educating young people (not…
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This issue marks the third time the Adjunct Advocate has devoted an entire issue` to the theme of “colleagues abroad.” Our first “colleagues abroad” issue was published…
by P.D. Lesko and Augusta Wilson In the United States, part-time faculty represented within unified union locals (union affiliates that represent and bargain on behalf of both…
by P.D. Lesko It’s time for part-timers to come out of the closet. If it’s December, I must be at the annual extravaganza the Modern Language Association…
This issue marks the second time we have looked at the use of part-time faculty in countries other than the United States. The first time, in the…
by P.D. Lesko September is a very busy month for part-time faculty. Some aren’t sure what their final teaching schedules will look like, others have their courses,…
by P.D. Lesko It’s common for an institution to ask part-time faculty who develop courses for use on-line to sign some kind of on-line course development agreement.…
by P.D. Lesko For those who work within the field of higher education in the United States, finding industry-related news can be a chore. Of course, there…
by P.D. Lesko Whenever I hire a new writer, I always make a point of telling the individual that my desire in publishing the Adjunct Advocate is not…
by P.D. Lesko In September of 1992, the Adjunct Advocate debuted. The magazine, a slim 20 pages, had no display advertising and led off with a cover story titled…