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• In California, $57 million dollars in equity pay was supposed to bring relief to part-timers. Instead, for many, the money has brought nothing but trouble
• Tenured and tenure-line faculty jealously guard their faculty senate seats (and their control over institutional governance)
• Learn how to make good use of textbook companion Web sites
• Reviewer Mark Drozdowski evaluates a pair of books for distance educators
• and more...

FEATURES

COVER STORY
In California, $57 million dollars in equity pay was supposed to bring relief to the state’s 40,000 part-time faculty. Instead, for many, the money has brought nothing but trouble.

OFFICE POLITICS
Tenured and tenure-line faculty jealously guard their Faculty Senate seats (and their control over institutional governance and tenure). The Faculty Senate is the last bastion of patrician privilege, and adjuncts will have to battle hard to claim their fair share of political clout.

NEWS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

GOING THE DISTANCE
The implementation of a project called The Online Faculty Teaching Excellence Network (OFTEN) not only provided e-mail and computers, but it has improved the entire communication system for part-time instructors at Santa Fe Community College in Florida.

TECHNICALLY SPEAKING
Today, it’s almost impossible to find a textbook that doesn’t include a companion Web site. Learn how to make good use of these on-line resources.

DESK DRAWER

• NLRB sides with part-timers at Victor Valley College
• Canadian sessionals settle their contract dispute
• University of California lecturers ratify a 3-year contract
• Maryland university lays off award-winning computer science lecturer

REVIEWS

PAGES
E-Moderating and E-tivites deliver what they promise—an inside look at on-line conferencing and the role of facilitators.

OPINION

UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM
There’s always a price to pay for doing what you love, but what should you do when the price is just too high?

FIRST PERSON
Teaching summer school is not for the weak of heart.

THE LAST WORD
On the surface, equity pay was a good idea. The devil was in negotiating parity.