Why The 67% Cap Should be Raised
WHY THE 67% CAP SHOULD BE RAISED REJOINDERS TO COMMON CLAIMS AGAINST AB 897 California is the only state in the country to have a state law preventing part-time faculty from teaching more than 67% […]
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Discipline and Punish Revisited: Teaching Evaluation
by Dennis Selder A wonderful example of Foucault’s observations about how power and knowledge interact is teaching evaluation. Teaching evaluation is a special sort of knowledge that requires a difference in the power relationship among […]
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Writing Our Own History
by Dennis Selder If you read the seamless articles geared for the select group of community college administrators who portray themselves as “leaders” and “educational innovators” of the community college system, you will find a […]
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Contingent Faculty at Hogwarts
by Dennis Selder While it’s true that Hogwarts is a relatively privileged educational institution in relation to many schools and colleges, Hogwarts too finds it necessary to rely in part on contingent faculty to fill […]
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Challenges Contingent Faculty Face in Improving Their Teaching
by Dennis Selder As a newbie teaching nights at Southwestern College, I was lucky to run into a guy named Steve Kowit. We both had three-hour classes on the same nights of the week, […]
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Finally Getting to See a Doctor?
Tuesday this upcoming week is a big day for my eyesight, my aching elbow, my colon—the colonoscopy may now be just around the corner, oh joy!—and maybe even my left front tooth, which could use […]