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IN THIS ISSUE

• Profiles of four adjunct faculty Guggenheim winners
• Uncle Sam wants you...to pay your taxes even when teaching abroad
• Tips for distance educators who are looking to save time when they teach on-line
• The Lecturer's Tale takes readers on a Chaucerian romp through higher education
• The "isms" of college admissions: "donorism," "legacyism," and "athleticism"
• and more...

FEATURES

COVER STORY
Winning a Guggenheim is a feather in any faculty member's cap. It is an even more coveted prize for adjunct faculty, who must overcome enormous odds to win.

THE JOB
If one's goal is to have a full-time teaching job, common wisdom says that only the Ph.D. will do as a terminal degree. However, at community colleges, the Ph.D. is still akin to the kiss of death, much to the delight of Master's degree holders everywhere.

NEWS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

INNOCENTS ABROAD
Uncle Sam wants you... to pay your taxes even when teaching overseas.

GOING THE DISTANCE
On-line teaching can be much more time consuming than face-to-face instruction. However, there are several ways distance educators can save time.

DESK DRAWER

• Adjunct As Object: A Look At A Dozen Dissertations

REVIEWS

FOURTH ESTATE
Journal of Excellence in College Teaching offers readers less excellence than one would hope for while selling for a hefty $16 per issue.

PAGES
The Lecturer's Tale takes readers on a Chaucerian romp through higher education.

OPINION

UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM
Sometimes teaching is only half the battle.

FIRST PERSON
If we want more women to go into engineering, the sciences must become truly gender-blind disciplines.

LAST WORD
The '"isms" of college adminissions are many: "donorism," "legacyism," and "athleticism."