There are options for reducing or eliminating crippling college debt. One of these is these is through the FedLoan services. After having paid down a sizable amount of my loans, I applied for loan forgiveness - here is how that went for me.
Read MoreWhy should you use the summer to improve your skills and learn what is new in your field? Why not spend the whole time relaxing at the beach instead? Here’s why…
Read MoreIt was an incredible experience attending and presenting at the 2022 AERA conference in San Diego this year. I finally met colleagues I had only known online, purchased new books, and learned as much as I could in such a short time.
Read MoreWhere you decide to teach as an adjunct matters. Not all colleges and universities offer the same security of employment. Do your research and ask what is available when you accept the offer to work there.
Read MoreMany of our fears are connected to an earlier bad or distressing experience in our life, and this is also true for how we coped with covid and how we now need to adjust to the lifting of covid restrictions. One way to approach these fears is through mindfulness.
Read MoreIs the treatment of Black & Brown people at the Ukrainian border just racism? Or is there more to this issue than meets the eye? I think there is an important lesson in this issue that requires a more nuanced discussion.
Read MoreAdjuncts often do not have access to campus workshops to support them. They often also don’t have the expertise to create the curriculum they would like to follow and that would be best for their students. So, what do they do? They hire an expert.
Read MoreEducators will soon be charged with developing courses to meet the new Ethnic Studies requirement in California. To help in this process, I’ve decided to provide some books to help build a foundation of knowledge from which to start.
Read MoreWork stability is something that makes anyone’s life easier and adjuncts are no exception. Being a Freeway Flyer is fine but adjuncts also prefer full time stable work at one institution. Academia must do better by its adjuncts, especially considering they teach nearly half of their courses.
Read MoreSocial Media is more than just entertainment for scholars and academics. Some schools actually require their faculty to use social media. It is therefore important to treat social media like an extension of ourselves and our professional identity.
Read MoreThe hiring process at most companies, campuses and organizations is long, tedious, and often unnecessarily difficult. It is so unpleasant that many people are not returning to work. If you need to hire qualified people, then don’t be that hiring manager.
Read MoreRest is one way to regain your energy as well as a sense of control over your life. Many problems we experience come from our sense of feeling out of control – anxiety, depression, disengagement, anger…
Read MoreIf you are an adjuncts you should begin to see yourself as a gig worker. The gig mindset will help you clearly define who you are, what you do, and why you do it. The gig mindset will help you know your worth. The gig mindset allows you to think beyond the Ivory Towers and see the whole world as a place where you can shine.
Read MoreMindfulness allows entrepreneurs to observe an experience as if it is for the first time, called as "beginner's mind" instead of perceiving through the filter of their beliefs, assumptions, expectations, and desires.
Read MoreWhat institutions provide is structures of accountability. During this time of COVID-19, those of us who used to work in an office, or attend school, find ourselves at home. No structure, no accountability. Not having these things can create some angst, but also provide an opportunity for you create those structures of accountability for yourself.
Read MoreDuring this period of physical distancing, teachers need to improve their teaching so that it is more than a video-chat session as easily forgotten as a social media call. That is why they need to find a half-way point between the in-class teaching they were used to, and the camera-sitting they’ve been asked to transition to.
Read MoreCOVID-19 has put us all into a new reality but it has also created an opportunity for us to continue to grow and learn. All of a sudden we needed to quickly become experts at videoconferencing, and so it was for me when my employer required that we move all our courses online. I learned something new!
Read MoreI won’t waste your time with basic how-tos on how you can change your Zoom background. Instead, I want to share with you some of the technical things you should check that you may not have considered yet. Some of these are from my own experiences videoconferencing with colleagues.
Read MoreThis is Part 2 of our discussion of the California’s new Assembly Bill 5, and its impact on Adjunct Faculty. In This article we look at how the law is not applied equally to all institutions. The criteria for determining how the law should be applied appears to be more convoluted than it needs to be and will require careful evaluation.
Read MoreCalifornia’s new AB5 law addressing part-time and contract workers will directly impact companies such as Uber, Amazon, or Lyft that hire large quantities of contract workers. It will also have a significant impact on colleges and universities who hire large numbers of contract employees, including adjunct faculty.
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