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• Ohio is the only state where full-time faculty can bargain collectively but not p/timers or grad. students. At U of C, it means 1,000 adjunct faculty play the waiting game.
• When you teach on-line, you need to be prepared. Here's how.
• It can be tough to explain why you teach part-time.
• Student phone calls are usually bad news, except when students like Dawn call.
• and more...

FEATURES

COVER STORY
Ohio is the only state where full-time faculty may bargain collectively, but not part-timers or graduate students. In 2003, 1,000 University of Cincinnati part-timers formed the Adjunct Faculty Association, an affiliate of the AFT. Now, the adjuncts must wait. Will U of C President Dr. Nancy Zimpher exercise her “permissive authority” to recognize their union, or will the Ohio legislature pass Bill 249? Or will the AFA simply remain unrecognized?

NEWS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

GOING THE DISTANCE
When you teach on-line, you need to be prepared. Here’s how.

DESK DRAWER

• Is Harper College a Great Place to Work? Don’t Ask the Adjuncts
• And Speaking of Not Asking the Adjuncts...
• Faculty Member Sues PCC Union Over Agency Fees
• Iowa State Faculty Senate Debates Tenure For Adjuncts

REVIEWS

PAGES
It’s natural for beginning teachers to seek advice—where else?—in books. Peter Filene’s Joy of Teaching: A Practical Guide for New College Instructors, and James M. Lang’s Life on the Tenure Track: Lessons from the First Year provide two recent additions to the how-to literature for new instructors.

OPINION

FIRST PERSON
It can be tough to explain to other people just why, exactly, you teach part-time. Heck, it can be hard to explain to yourself. Essayist Susan Mazur-Stommen writes about why she flies the freeways in search of part-time teaching gigs.

IVORY TOWER
Student phone calls usually mean bad news for the instructor. Unless, of course, the call is from a student like Dawn.

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