Hello,
I just wanted to pass on the following site regarding adjunct faculty.
It is quite interesting.
http://www.salonmagazine.com/it/feature/1998/09/17feature2.html
Donette Steele
Instructor/ Psychology
LBCC/ Fullerton College
Watching the film "Hoffa" made me think of the adjuncts. In many ways,
their situation is very similar to the truckers of the 1930s, no
security, slave wages, no clout. It's time you people unionized. I
would suggest that you lobby the major teaching unions, NEA, AAUP, etc.
Although as a unio
Bob wrote:
> I know of no accredited colleges that are able to routinely hire folks
> without a masters degree except in the career preparation
> programs (e.g.,
> HVAC, electronics, construction, aviation, etc.). So far as I
> know, all of
> the accrediting agencies pretty much require a master
If any adjuncts took offense at anything I said in my previous post I
certainly do apologize fior giving offense but I cannot say that I retract
anything and cannot imagine what there was to take offense at.
I said that adjuncts are often better in the classroom than tenured faculty.
I said i
As someone has already pointed out, adjunct experiences are as varied as
the colleges which hire them. and Rick Adams wrote of some of his personal
experiences. There is one, however, that I think needs a response.
At 02:39 PM 2/8/99 -0500, Rick Adams wrote:
At my institution (and at most
Comm
Most of the discussion of adjuncts has addressed the issue as it relates
to research institutions and to adjuncts who are either recent Ph.D.s or
currently part of Ph.D. programs). From the perspective of an adjunct
faculty member at a Community College (where research and departmental
Marc Turner wrote:
>I would caution all of us to keep in mind the fact that your
impression of
>adjunct faculty could be a stereotype based on your particular
experience
>with adjuncts and not necessarily apply to all adjuncts. The role
and
>function
have
seen an enormous increase over the last 10 years in the number of administra-
tors.
There seems to be a stereotype that adjunct faculty (the vast majority of them
anyway) are simply people who would not have been hired anyway. But, if that
is true, it may simply be due to the fact that so few
ssion of
adjunct faculty could be a stereotype based on your particular experience
with adjuncts and not necessarily apply to all adjuncts. The role and
function of adjuncts at your institution might not be the same as their
role at other institutions. As such, the answer to the original question
Edward -
Out of respect, I hesitate to get into arguing small points. . . but there is
a tendency for too many in academe to jump to incorrect assumptions about
'adjunct faculty'. The human cost of this situation can be great for many good
people who have worked too hard to be treat
How many adjunct faculty is too many? I would arge that no more than 10-20%
should be adjunct. Now don't get me wrong, I've had plenty of adjuncts who
are better in the classroom than many tenured faculty. But the fact is that
adjuncts
a)do not serve on Dept. or university commit
I agree with the comments made by many of you, e.g., too many adjuncts,
they don't do advising, committee work, etc.
I would say that you need a union, or a clause in your contracts
addressing this issue. Our contract says that if we have full time
adjuncts for 2-3 consecutive years, the scho
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