The Chronicle of Higher Education has recently published several articles related to adjunct instructors. In "
We're not your colleagues" a former full-time faculty member and administrator returns to campus life as an adjunct and sees things diferently; and, "
The Price of Gas Fuels Tough Choices for adjuncts" brings up a perhaps unforeseen effect of rising gas prices. See also:
Also, when asked what advice they had for new part-time teachers, a collection of veteran adjuncts from several departments offered the following:
- go to in-services and departmental meetings, to get key information
- seek out your dean and communicate - if you plan a field trip, trip to the library or move/reschedule class for any reason, let your dean know.
- give every student a syllabus on the first day
- read the KCKCC "Adjunct faculty handbook"
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