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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Adjunct Faculty Must Lead
by Dennis Selder The New York Times recently ran a story that finds empirical evidence corroborating the economic struggle most working people experience: “A Recovery, but Only for Those Who Need It Least.” The explanation the author gives for […]
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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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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, […]