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Faculty & Staff

LASTWORD: R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Adjunct faculty are invaluable to community colleges, so why aren’t they taken into consideration in the colleges’ missions?

September 30, 2009

Faculty & Staff

JUST A CLICK AWAY

University of Maryland University College has charted a unique path as a public insitution in online education.

September 2, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Just a Click Away

University of Maryland University College has charted a unique path as a public institution in online education.

September 2, 2009

Students

COMMUNITY COLLEGE FORUM: Sustaining Enrollment Growth in Difficult Financial Times

As more people head back to school in these recessionary times, many community colleges across the United States are struggling to handle the influx of new students.

August 5, 2009

Students

ISU to hire for graduate students to teach

The provost for Idaho State University says the school will rely more on graduate students rather than temporary faculty members to teach in the classroom.  According to the Idaho State Journal, he university fired several full-time adjunct faculty during the most recent school year, and sent notices to another 20 saying their contracts for the […]

August 5, 2009

Students

ISU to hire for graduate students to teach

The provost for Idaho State University says the school will rely more on graduate students rather than temporary faculty members to teach in the classroom.  According to the Idaho State Journal, he university fired several full-time adjunct faculty during the most recent school year, and sent notices to another 20 saying their contracts for the […]

August 5, 2009

Faculty & Staff

“Green” For All

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson works to ensure minorities are not left out of the burgeoning ‘green’ economy.

August 5, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Sustaining Enrollment Growth in Difficult Financial Times

A coordinated strategic plan ensures enrollment growth is not an unexpected tsunami for community colleges.

August 5, 2009

Faculty & Staff

The Overqualified Professor

Community and junior colleges are seeing a substantial increase in the number of job seekers, particularly Ph.D.s, who in other years might have opted for higher-profile opportunities.

July 22, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Academic Hiring Trends Toward Part-time Faculty

Institutions have grown increasingly dependent on adjunct faculty over the last few decades, and scholars of color are ever present among this group.

June 10, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Cutting Costs, Improving Learning

Despite a decade-long track record, many academics are still skeptical of the technology-fueled course redesign movement.

April 29, 2009

Faculty & Staff

Perspectives: African-American Ph.D.s: Good Enough for America’s Educational Institutions?

For several years after receiving our doctorates, we struggled to find full-time work as tenure-track professors. Despite having more qualifications than many of the fresh Ph.D.s who were getting interviews and job offers, we were relegated to adjunct faculty positions that offered none of the benefits of tenure-track jobs.

April 29, 2009