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IN THIS ISSUE

• What's to be done about the adjunct faculty in Florida?
• Colleges fudge their faculty employment numbers
• Minority lecturers in Britain face discrimination
• On-line degrees may not be worth the paper they're printed on
• You don't have to teach English or ESL to teach abroad for a short time
• and more...

FEATURES

COVER STORY
"What's to be Done About the Adjunct Faculty in Forida?" The part-timers in Florida just might hold the key to the nationwide unionization of part-time faculty.

THE NUMBERS
"Colleges and the Numbers Game." Colleges are fudging the faculty employment numbers on their U.S. News and World Report ranking surveys.

INTERVIEW
"Now You See Them; Now You Don't." Michael Dubson talks about his new book Ghosts in the Classroom.

NEWS

GOING THE DISTANCE
On-line degrees: they might not be worth the paper they're printed on.

INNOCENTS ABROAD
You don't have to teach English or ESL to teach abroad for a short time.

ADMINISTRATOR'S CORNER
Recognizing and rewarding the contributions of adjunct faculty.

DESK DRAWER

• Canadian Union Files Grievance
• Minority lecturers in Britain face discrimination.
• Are F/T faculty losing their bargaining power?
• Michigan educators ask the state to survey p/timer use.
• Part-time faculty storm a California faculty union.

REVIEWS

PAGES
Campus, Inc.:Corporations hold the power at American universities. The authors of this book think they have a plan to change all that.

THE NET
A review of CCollegeJobs.com: Is there room for another academic job search Web site?

OPINION

UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM
"Herding Cats and Windmill Chasing." Organizing adjunct faculty can be difficult, but not impossible.

THE LAST WORD
Columbia and Duke claim that 100 percent of their faculty are employed full-time. Someone is running a numbers game.