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In January, we launched several new blogs.
The New Adjunct by Paul Porter. An Indiana adjunct chronicles launching a web site for adjuncts teaching throughout Indiana
The Mentor Is In by Susan Mazur-Stommen. She'll have tips, suggestions and advice for those who teach off the tenure-track
Juggling 101 by Katherine Keifer-Newman. She teaches five classes for two different departments at two schools, is taking online certification courses, and is working on her dissertation. And that's just before lunch...
Teaching in Pajamas written by Jodi Meenes. A blog just for those who teach online.
Freeway Flyer written by Carol Weatherford. Weatherford has worked for seven years as a freeway flyer at multiple schools. A blog for those piecing together full-time work from the part-time side of the tenure-track.
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New from the Part-Time Press for part-time faculty who teach in undergraduate and graduate-level business programs.
"The Decade Google Made You Stupid" by by Douglas Rushkoff
The results are a bit scary. Not only have computers changed the way we think, they’ve also discovered what makes humans think—or think we're thinking. At least enough to predict and even influence it.
Here are the four things cognizant people should know about the decade when computers mastered our cognition....”
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"Matthew Henry Hall: Man of Mystery" – an interview with the Adjunct Advocate's very own cartoonist, Matthew Henry Hall. Matt talks about what drove him from the college classroom and into cartooning, Super Adjunct, singing and skewering the higher ups.
"Smokey Thomas to the Rescue" – an interview with the president of OPSEU, Warren (Smokey) Thomas, who has launched an unprecedented drive to organize all of Ontario, Canada's 14,000 part-time and sessional faculty.
"Dr Brown's Revolt" – an interview with full-time faculty member Dr. Peter Brown, who has worked tirelessly on behalf of the 8000 part-time faculty employed in the SUNY system.
"SEIU Local 500: Eight Years in the Making" – an interview with Kip Lornell and Libby Smigel, both part-time faculty members at George Washington University. They talk about the long road to the organization and recognition of the 1,200 member part-time faculty union.
"Walking the Picket Line Along the Loyalist Highway" – Dr. Judy Bates, President of the Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association, in Ontario, Canada, discusses the circumstances surrounding the first-ever strike of WLU's 366 contract faculty.
"AAUP at a Crossroads: An Interview With AAUP President Cary Nelson, Part 1 of 2" – The first order of business for Dr. Cary Nelson is to get himself re-elected. After that, he intends to lead AAUP straight into the skirmish to organize and represent the nation's 700,000 part-time faculty--one campus at a time.
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Hi All,
I'm a first time adjunct and wrapping up what I consider to be a mostly successful semester teaching ENG 101 and 102. I made some mistakes, and will certainly make some adjustments to my assignments for next time, but I wanted to ask about a particular phenomenon that I'm seeing and see if anyone shares this experience.
As the semester winds down, I am seeing a drastic drop in class attendance, even when they stand to lose points for not being there. Tonight was my second to last class period and only 6 of 18 showed.
Are they just losing interest? Am I not being hard enough on them for not showing up? I think they are looking at the syllabus, and when they see we are doing some kind of activity rather than a lecture, they just don't show. I wonder if they don't see the value in the activities or if they just don't want to get their hands dirty.
