By Jenny Ortiz I knew going to back to St. John's University after being away for two years as I earned my MFA degree would make me an outsider. At least that's what I thought. I was no longer a student; the events, the fliers...
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By Ron Tinsley I have learned the hard way that not all Ph.D.s are created equal. I went to graduate school dreaming about teaching college. For some reason, no one.
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. I've noticed that each semester there are a handful of students who really come alive the last two weeks of class! They have been dormant,.
By Melissa McDonald Imagine walking into your department head's office and saying, "I'm giving up my full-time renewable teaching position to pursue adjunct teaching several states away." Okay, so I didn't use those exact words. That is essentially what I meant, though the exchange went a...
By Kat Kiefer-Newman I've been sick. Very, very sick. We all get sick, I know. This Fall semester, though, the weather seems especially chaotic, and my students have been particularly.
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. On a sad personal note, I attended two funeral services this week. Both were young men who were killed under very different circumstances and in.
By Jenny Ortiz There isn't a training course for being a Freeway Flyer. When I began teaching at three colleges, I had to learn things the hard way. Keeping Hydrated: Like athletes, Freeway Flyers are constantly on the move. Whether it's traveling to different campuses...
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. I was so excited to accept the position as an adjunct where I am currently teaching that I was honestly willing to teach any course they assigned.
By Kat Kiefer-Newman Yesterday was the California Shake-Out. This feels like a statewide acknowledgment that the world really will end in 2012 (the year that the Mayan calendar ends), and.
By Helene Matheny I am not, nor have I ever been, a connoisseur of designer clothes, shoes, or handbags. I recently made a conscious effort to pare down my collection of CDs and even books. In short, as I have gotten older, I have sought...
