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Of these, which is your favorite on AdjunctNation.com
Hang Prof (5)
15%
Daily Excuse (3)
9%
Cartoons (4)
12%
Blogs (5)
15%
Forums (17)
50%
Total votes: 34
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Should FT faculty earn more per course because they advise students and conduct research?
Yes (121)
70%
No (47)
27%
I can't decide (4)
2%
Total votes: 172
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Has your department cut adjunct faculty due to the economy?
Yes (8)
57%
No (6)
43%
Total votes: 14
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Have you listened to an AdjunctNation Podcast Interview?
Yes (2)
7%
No (9)
31%
Not yet (11)
38%
Not interested in podcasts (7)
24%
Total votes: 29
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If you didn't apply for a scholarly grant or award last year, why not?
I didn't qualify because I teach part-time (21)
41%
I am not interested in scholarly research (6)
12%
I'm not sure how to do it (24)
47%
Total votes: 51
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Would you like to participate and vote in department meetings?
Yes (43)
64%
No (7)
10%
I already do (11)
16%
Are you crazy? No way! (6)
9%
Total votes: 67
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Would you like to participate in faculty governance?
Yes (17)
33%
No (3)
6%
If I were paid for it (22)
43%
What's faculty governance, anyway? (9)
18%
Total votes: 51
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How many years have you taught at your current college/university?
1-3 years (38)
50%
4-7 years (16)
21%
8-11 years (15)
20%
12+ years (7)
9%
Total votes: 76
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When the opportunity arises, do you mentor your students?
Yes (133)
86%
No (5)
3%
I would, but haven't had the chance yet (16)
10%
Total votes: 154
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Have you ever refused to meet with a student because you didn't get paid for holding office hours?
Yes (26)
10%
No (223)
90%
Total votes: 249
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What do you do with disruptive students?
Ignore them (10)
17%
Talk to them (44)
76%
Report them to my superior (1)
2%
Retaliate in some way (3)
5%
Not a blessed thing (0)
0%
Total votes: 58
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Have you ever bumped up a student's grade and regretted it?
Yes (44)
51%
No (24)
28%
Bump up a grade...are you crazy? (18)
21%
Total votes: 86
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If you're a Democrat, who's your candidate?
Hillary Clinton (67)
52%
John Edwards (6)
5%
Dennis Kucinich (2)
2%
Barak Obama (40)
31%
Bill Richardson (1)
1%
None of them (12)
9%
Total votes: 128
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Do you read blogs regularly?
Yes (14)
38%
No (22)
59%
What's a "blog?" (1)
3%
Total votes: 37
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Are you teaching part-time because you want to?
Yes (38)
54%
No (32)
46%
Total votes: 70
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Would you join a national adjunct faculty union?
Yes (87)
71%
No (18)
15%
I'm not sure (17)
14%
Total votes: 122
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Which do you enjoy more—teaching or scholarly research?
Teaching (73)
63%
Research (16)
14%
I can’t say—I enjoy them both equally (26)
23%
Total votes: 115
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How often do you read professional journals?
Once a year (27)
20%
Once a month (46)
33%
More than once a month (65)
47%
Total votes: 138
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Do colleges do enough to help students become employable after graduation?
Yes (7)
5%
No (101)
68%
Students should be responsible for making themselves employable (41)
28%
Total votes: 149
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Is the middle class disappearing?
Yes (97)
78%
No (19)
15%
I don’t care, because I’m not middle class (8)
6%
Total votes: 124
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As an undergraduate, how many hours a week did you spend working at a job?
< 5 (19)
17%
5-10 (17)
16%
10-20 (31)
28%
20+ (42)
39%
Total votes: 109
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How important is it to you to teach at a university with a high rank or reputation?
Not important at all (39)
33%
Somewhat important (45)
38%
Very important (26)
22%
Essential (8)
7%
Total votes: 118
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Would you prefer to teach online or face-to-face?
Online (228)
44%
Face-to-Face (131)
25%
Both (151)
29%
I'm not sure (6)
1%
Total votes: 516
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In general, do you like your students?
Yes (121)
90%
No (10)
7%
I never thought about it (4)
3%
Total votes: 135
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Should public figures with radical political or social views be barred from speaking at commencement ceremonies?
Yes (65)
23%
No (122)
43%
Only if a majority of the student body votes to bar the speaker (94)
33%
Total votes: 281
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If you could live in another time period, which would it be?
Victorian era (11)
11%
Renaissance (19)
19%
Biblical times (3)
3%
Now is fine, thank you (66)
67%
Total votes: 99
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Have you ever taken your school’s office supplies for personal use?
Yes (51)
38%
No (60)
45%
Not intentionally (23)
17%
Total votes: 134
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Is it ethical for faculty to sell extra or unused course books?
Yes (48)
41%
No (63)
54%
It might be, but I do it anyway (6)
5%
Total votes: 117
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How long does it take you to prepare for each class period you teach?
< 15 minues (37)
8%
30 minutes (76)
17%
1 hour + (318)
71%
I don't prepare (20)
4%
Total votes: 451
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Do you favor mandatory “up and out” policies for part-time faculty?
Yes (35)
12%
No (236)
80%
Only if the "out" period is more than 3 years (24)
8%
Total votes: 295
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Do you trust the federal government more or less than you did 10 years ago?
More (8)
9%
Less (73)
82%
I'm not sure (8)
9%
Total votes: 89
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How long have you been searching for full-time teaching jobs?
< 1 year (41)
26%
2-4 years (45)
29%
5+ years (42)
27%
I've given up (27)
17%
Total votes: 155
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How often do you apply for scholarly grants and awards?
Once a year (5)
9%
Once every three years (3)
6%
More than once a year (4)
7%
Never (42)
78%
Total votes: 54
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How many hours of television do you watch each week?
<5 hours (59)
42%
5-10 hours (54)
39%
10+ hours (27)
19%
Total votes: 140
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Does your spouse or partner want you to quit part-time teaching?
Yes (33)
26%
No (82)
64%
We've never discussed it (13)
10%
Total votes: 128
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How much of your total income comes from part-time teaching?
<25% (77)
33%
25-50% (43)
18%
50-75% (35)
15%
100% (80)
34%
Total votes: 235
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Should American college students be required to become fluent in a foreign language?
Yes (94)
57%
No (24)
14%
It should depend on their major (48)
29%
Total votes: 166
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Do you plan to be teaching five years from now?
Yes (340)
84%
No (16)
4%
I don't know (48)
12%
Total votes: 404
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How much do you owe in student loans?
$1,000- $5,000 (15)
8%
$5,000-$10,000 (6)
3%
$10,000+ (165)
89%
Total votes: 186
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If you could teach in any part of the U.S. where would it be?
North (11)
5%
Northeast (55)
25%
Northwest (15)
7%
South (17)
8%
Southeast (43)
20%
Southwest (22)
10%
Middle Atlantic (7)
3%
Middle West (18)
8%
West Coast (28)
13%
Total votes: 216
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Do you favor the deportation of illegal immigrants?
Yes (106)
62%
No (56)
33%
I can't decide (10)
6%
Total votes: 172
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How much money do you save each month?
< $100 (72)
45%
> $100 (23)
14%
>$200 (19)
12%
$300+ (47)
29%
Total votes: 161
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Should colleges abolish letter grades?
Yes (31)
20%
No (118)
77%
I can't decide (4)
3%
Total votes: 153
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How many hours of leisure time do you have each day?
4+ (25)
20%
2-4 (30)
24%
1/2-2 (26)
21%
Leisure time? What's that? (44)
35%
Total votes: 125
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Is it possible for professors to instill in their students values such as honesty and altruism?
Yes (291)
77%
No (66)
17%
Why bother? (23)
6%
Total votes: 380
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How often do you read a newspaper, either online or in print?
Never (12)
8%
Between 1-3 times a week (53)
36%
Every day (84)
56%
Total votes: 149
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Would you support an academic bill of rights on your campus?
Yes (50)
57%
No (16)
18%
Our faculty is already politically diverse (7)
8%
Who cares? (15)
17%
Total votes: 88
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When students don’t succeed in your class, do you consider yourself responsible?
Yes (61)
35%
No (111)
65%
Total votes: 172
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How often do you advise students outside of class?
Once a week (50)
45%
1-3 times per semester (27)
24%
Rarely (34)
31%
Total votes: 111
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Do your students ever swear in class?
Frequently (20)
10%
Sometimes (109)
57%
Never (63)
33%
Total votes: 192
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Have you ever felt physically threatened by a student?
Yes (69)
37%
No (119)
63%
Total votes: 188
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Have you ever surfed RateMyProfessors.com to see what your students are saying about you?
Yes (112)
70%
No (28)
17%
What’s RateMyProfessors.com? (21)
13%
Total votes: 161
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Do you ever have sexual fantasies about your students?
Yes (61)
34%
No (87)
49%
Never thought about it (31)
17%
Total votes: 179
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Over the last few years, has the job market in your discipline improved?
Yes (29)
22%
No (83)
62%
I don't know (22)
16%
Total votes: 134
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Do you allow your students to snack in class?
Yes (102)
75%
No (27)
20%
Only if it's something tasty and they share with me (7)
5%
Total votes: 136
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Should adjunct professors be allowed to date their students?
Yes (34)
14%
No (116)
46%
Yes, but only former students (101)
40%
Total votes: 251
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If you could earn $100,000 a year by teaching 20 courses per semester online, would you do it?
No, because the workload would overwhelm me (88)
32%
No, because my teaching would deteriorate (57)
20%
Yes (101)
36%
Maybe (33)
12%
Total votes: 279
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Do you feel that complaints against part-time faculty are handled fairly at your school(s)?
Yes, all the time (9)
8%
Most of the time (29)
27%
Sometimes (37)
35%
Never (31)
29%
Total votes: 106
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Would you risk your job to help organize an adjunct union at your school(s)?
Yes (43)
31%
No (46)
33%
Maybe, if I felt the union had a good chance of succeeding (50)
36%
Total votes: 139
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What do you do when one of your students appears to be smarter than you?
Acknowledge and develop the student’s talent (138)
70%
Become jealous and insecure (11)
6%
Nothing (16)
8%
None of my students is smarter than I am (32)
16%
Total votes: 197
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How do you view your students?
As retail consumers (31)
34%
As fledgling scholars (41)
46%
I can't decide (18)
20%
Total votes: 90
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Are you participating in Campus Equity Week activities?
Yes (3)
5%
No (15)
23%
I'm afraid to (2)
3%
What's CEW? (45)
69%
Total votes: 65
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Where do you hold office hours?
My office (55)
38%
Classroom (22)
15%
Hallway (6)
4%
Cafe (8)
6%
Other (17)
12%
I don't hold office hours (37)
26%
Total votes: 145
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How long does it take you to learn your students’ names?
One class (17)
11%
One week (43)
29%
One month (47)
31%
I hope to have it right by the final (30)
20%
I'm hopeless with names (13)
9%
Total votes: 150
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In a perfect world, when would you schedule your classes?
Morning (82)
48%
Afternoon (42)
25%
Evening (32)
19%
Late Night (6)
4%
Weekends (9)
5%
Total votes: 171
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When teaching a full class, how many students will you allow to add the course?
None (15)
15%
1-2 (29)
29%
3+ (19)
19%
My hands are tied; my school has a strict policy about this. (37)
37%
Total votes: 100
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Is anti-intellectualism on the rise in the United States?
Yes (175)
86%
No (19)
9%
I'm not sure (10)
5%
Total votes: 204
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Do you find student evaluations useful in improving your teaching?
Yes (128)
61%
No (81)
39%
Total votes: 209
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Should professors socialize with their students?
Sometimes (132)
35%
Never (69)
18%
It depends (173)
46%
Total votes: 374
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Do you feel pressured to pass students who've not earned passing grades?
Yes (107)
46%
No (122)
52%
I don't assign grades (4)
2%
Total votes: 233
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Should colleges stop using "legacy" status as a criterion in admissions?
yes (116)
63%
no (47)
25%
I can't decide (22)
12%
Total votes: 185
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If you could change one thing about your job what would it be?
Rate of pay (199)
77%
Work hours (10)
4%
Better office (9)
3%
Shorter commute (19)
7%
Different courses (13)
5%
I wouldn't change a thing (9)
3%
Total votes: 259
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Will you attend an academic conference this year?
Yes (79)
44%
No (70)
39%
Undecided (31)
17%
Total votes: 180
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Which is your most important teaching tool?
Textbook (25)
16%
Lecture notes (51)
34%
Computer (42)
28%
Chalkboard (18)
12%
Coursepack (16)
11%
Total votes: 152
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Do you teach...
On campus (110)
42%
Online (42)
16%
Both (77)
29%
I don't teach (33)
13%
Total votes: 262
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Where do you teach?
Mid Atlantic (29)
9%
Midwest (67)
22%
Northeast (63)
21%
Northwest (9)
3%
South (23)
8%
Southeast (47)
15%
Southwest (25)
8%
West (23)
8%
Canada (4)
1%
Europe (2)
1%
Asia (4)
1%
Other (10)
3%
Total votes: 306
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Do you enjoy teaching?
Yes (256)
91%
No (10)
4%
I can't decide (16)
6%
Total votes: 282
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On average, how long does it take you to returned graded assignments?
< 1 week (149)
67%
1-2 weeks (68)
30%
>2 weeks (6)
3%
Total votes: 223
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How long do you spend on-line each day?
< 1 hour (12)
4%
1-2 hours (71)
26%
3-4 hours (83)
30%
5+ hours (108)
39%
Total votes: 274
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Has the quality of students:
Improved since you began teaching? (24)
12%
Stayed the same? (45)
23%
Diminished? (124)
64%
Total votes: 193
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How many academic conferences will you attend this year?
None (68)
51%
1-3 (51)
38%
4-6 (9)
7%
7+ (6)
4%
Total votes: 134
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Would you describe yourself as a religious person?
Yes (132)
52%
No (110)
43%
I don't know (12)
5%
Total votes: 254
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As a faculty member, are you obligated to help students pass?
Yes (168)
59%
No (101)
36%
Can't decide (14)
5%
Total votes: 283
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If the full-time faculty at your college walked out on strike, would you cross their picket line?
Yes (123)
44%
No (104)
37%
Maybe (39)
14%
I can't decide (12)
4%
Total votes: 278
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Do you ever get first day jitters when you teach?
Yes (257)
76%
No (83)
24%
Total votes: 340
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Who's most pampered on campus nowadays?
Administrators (116)
40%
F/T Faculty (76)
26%
P/T Faculty (6)
2%
Students (68)
24%
Alumni (12)
4%
Can't decide (10)
3%
Total votes: 288
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Should professors keep their religious beliefs to themselves in the classroom?
Yes (178)
70%
No (62)
24%
I can't decide (16)
6%
Total votes: 256
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If you had it to do all over again, would you go to graduate school and on into teaching?
yes (167)
56%
no (106)
35%
I can't decide (27)
9%
Total votes: 300
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How would you classify yourself?
politically liberal (144)
42%
politically moderate (81)
24%
politically conservative (104)
30%
apolitical (14)
4%
Total votes: 343
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Would you choose a "teaching track" over a "tenure track" job, if given a choice?
yes (137)
49%
no (81)
29%
I'm not sure (64)
23%
Total votes: 282
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Should professors keep their political opinions to themselves in the classroom?
yes (281)
57%
no (212)
43%
Total votes: 493
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Do the F/T faculty in your department treat you collegially?
Always (93)
37%
Sometimes (114)
45%
Never (32)
13%
I don't teach on campus (14)
6%
Total votes: 253
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Have you ever inflated your resume/CV to land a teaching job?
yes (25)
10%
no (237)
90%
Total votes: 262
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At which kind of college do you teach?
nonprofit (97)
47%
for profit (63)
30%
both (47)
23%
Total votes: 207
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Do you have a Web page for your course(s)?
yes (145)
47%
no (110)
36%
I plan to soon (54)
17%
Total votes: 309
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If you could do away with student evals. would you?
yes (146)
41%
no (209)
59%
Total votes: 355
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How many years have you taught as a temporary faculty member?
1-3 (158)
34%
4-7 (151)
33%
8-11 (84)
18%
12-15 (31)
7%
16-19 (15)
3%
20+ (22)
5%
Total votes: 461
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How do you commute to work?
Car (230)
75%
Bus (11)
4%
Train/Tram (8)
3%
Subway (12)
4%
Bike (4)
1%
Walk (11)
4%
I don't commute (30)
10%
Total votes: 306
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On average, how many textbooks will you adopt for your courses this Fall?
1-3 (193)
78%
4-7 (46)
19%
8+ (8)
3%
Total votes: 247
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Do you really care if your students cheat/plagiarize?
Yes (543)
93%
No (28)
5%
Can't decide (14)
2%
Total votes: 585
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What are you doing this summer?
Teaching (431)
50%
Working at a non-teaching job (151)
18%
Vacationing (46)
5%
Conducting research (42)
5%
I am unemployed (187)
22%
Total votes: 857
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Has the economy significantly impacted your teaching job?
yes (283)
63%
no (166)
37%
Total votes: 449
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Have you ever been pressured into changing a grade by either a student or administrator?
Yes (249)
61%
No (148)
36%
I don't give grades (10)
2%
Total votes: 407
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When was the last time you had a raise in your per course pay?
This year (77)
31%
2001-2002 (47)
19%
1999-2000 (24)
10%
1996-1998 (11)
4%
1993-1995 (8)
3%
never (85)
34%
Total votes: 252
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Should race be a factor in college admissions?
yes (88)
31%
no (198)
69%
Total votes: 286
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Have you ever retaliated against a student by giving a low grade?
yes (56)
17%
no (269)
83%
Total votes: 325
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In general, do you feel college students:
Thoroughly respect faculty (30)
10%
Have some respect for faculty (231)
74%
Have little respect for faculty (44)
14%
Have no respect for faculty (6)
2%
Total votes: 311
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
Do you deliberately hide the fact you are an adjunct from your students?
yes (72)
18%
no (336)
82%
Total votes: 408
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Did you ever cheat on an exam when you were in college?
yes (79)
19%
no (348)
81%
Total votes: 427
Adjunct Poll
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What kind of a grader are you?
very hard (32)
5%
hard (193)
31%
medium (306)
49%
easy (73)
12%
very easy (19)
3%
Total votes: 623
Adjunct Poll
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What percentage of your students this semester are prepared to do college-level coursework?
80-100% (38)
9%
60-80% (118)
27%
40-60% (131)
30%
20-40% (96)
22%
under 20% (50)
11%
none (6)
1%
Total votes: 439
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
How often do you overhaul your lecture notes?
Every semester (196)
62%
Every 1-2 years (60)
19%
Every 3-4 years (19)
6%
Every 5-6 years (2)
1%
I never change my lectures notes (6)
2%
I don't use lecture notes (33)
10%
Total votes: 316
Adjunct Poll
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When do you usually begin to prepare for your Fall courses?
July (158)
36%
August (214)
49%
September (13)
3%
I don't prepare until classes begin (53)
12%
Total votes: 438
Adjunct Poll
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Should access to a college education be a right or a privilege?
It should be a right (233)
46%
It should be a privilege (272)
54%
Total votes: 505
Adjunct Poll
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What do you like best about college teaching?
Prestige (37)
11%
Pay (9)
3%
Intellectual stimulation (161)
47%
Flexible work schedule (139)
40%
Total votes: 346
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
Should adjunct faculty be required to hold terminal degrees in exchange for pro-rata pay?
yes (57)
58%
no (41)
42%
Total votes: 98
Adjunct Poll
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Faculty who plagiarize should be:
dismissed (181)
59%
suspended (35)
11%
reprimanded (73)
24%
fined (4)
1%
no punishment (13)
4%
Total votes: 306
Adjunct Poll
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Have you ever inflated grades to get better teaching evaluations?
yes (94)
19%
no (406)
81%
Total votes: 500
Adjunct Poll
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Do you conduct research and/or publish in your field?
yes (273)
58%
no (196)
42%
Total votes: 469
Adjunct Poll
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Should adjuncts serve on hiring committees for full-time faculty?
yes (179)
53%
no (99)
29%
I don't care (58)
17%
Total votes: 336
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
Do you select textbooks for your students?
yes (237)
61%
no (144)
37%
I don't use textbooks in my course (9)
2%
Total votes: 390
Adjunct Poll
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Does your college provide you with healthcare benefits?
yes (24)
13%
no (159)
87%
Total votes: 183
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Do you teach part-time because you want to?
yes (81)
53%
no (71)
47%
Total votes: 152
Adjunct Poll
ADJUNCT POLL
How much do you earn per course?
Less than $1,000 (31)
8%
$1,000-$2,000 (186)
50%
$2,001-$3,000 (97)
26%
More than $3,000 (56)
15%
Total votes: 370
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