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• They had the degrees, publications and desire to teach and then chucked it all
• At Middle Tennessee State University, the school's most vocal adjunct advocate is a tenured English professor
• eArmyU wants you!
• Reviewer Mark Drozdowski likes The Teaching Professor and thinks you will, too
• and more...

FEATURES

COVER STORY
They had the degrees, publications and desire to teach full-time. Then, one-by-one, they all found alternative careers outside of academe. After reading their stories, you might, too.

THE LAW
The New Hampshire Supreme Court recently ruled that Keene State U.’s adjuncts are not temps. Does this ruling impact adjuncts nation-wide? Yes and no.

PROFILE
At Middle Tennessee State U. Dr. Amy Staples, a tenured faculty member, is the school’s most vocal adjunct advocate.

NEWS

GOING THE DISTANCE
eArmyU wants you. Are you ready?

DESK DRAWER

• Lecturer Set to Win Fight With Italy In Italy, a foreign lecturer’s 15 years of litigation against the country’s university system draws to a successful close.
• Michigan Lecturers Seek To Unionize At the University of Michigan, 1,300 temporary faculty seek to form a union under the auspices of the AFT.

REVIEWS

THE NET
Tablet PC makers are set to take higher ed. by storm; prepare for the blitz.

FOURTH ESTATE
Reviewer Mark Drozdowski likes The Teaching Professor and he thinks you will, too.

OPINION

UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM
If you’ve got the intellect, Chris Cumo has an idea you just might find interesting.

FIRST PERSON
For this ex-advertising exec., the move to part-time teaching saved her soul.

THE LAST WORD
Would someone please tell me why adjuncts and TAs can’t organize together?