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Adjunct Expectations is a brand new place for adjuncts or contingent faculty to hear about what's happening in the news and in our colleges and universities related to the life of adjunct faculty. This is the very first post to the Blog. I developed this vehicle based on my own history of serving as an adjunct faculty member for a number of different colleges over the period of the last 30+ years. To be perfectly honest, I have also had full time work as a college administrator, former Dean, Higher Education Consultant as well as a previous life in a microbiology laboratory. I currently continue my adjunct teaching in a masters program in management. Over the last 10 years I have been an actively engaged advocate for adjunct faculty and have been the co-author of a couple of papers dealing with what adjuncts want, where they come from, the environments in which they teach, etc. What I have learned over these many years is that the plight of adjunct faculty has changed a bit, but it is now getting much more attention in the press than it ever had back in the day.
So, all that being said, this blog will try to continue the discussion, listen to all of you who are currently adjunct faculty, want to be adjunct faculty, or never want to hear that word again. Hopefully, we can explore topics that excite you about teaching (even as an adjunct), talk about where you see yourself going next, ask for advice from us veterans, or anything that relates to the world of teaching as contingent faculty members.
Welcome to Adjunct Expectations!
Linda Martinak
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