> Good morning all: > >There appears to be a move afoot to hire more and more adjunct faculty in >Mississippi's junior colleges, colleges and universities. From a cost >standpoint, obviously administrations save money on perks such as health >insurance, retirement, etc. > >In support of this trend, the president residing over junior colleges >informed our legislature's appropriations committee that there is no >evidence in the literature suggesting that adjunct faculty are any less >competent and successful than full time instructors....
At doing _what_? The job descriptions are not the same -- full-time faculty do much more than just teach courses. What this means is that the few remaining fulltime faculty have to spend more time on committees, admionistration, advising, etc, and with neglect their teaching and professional competence, or work unpaid overtime (the latter is probably your administration's wish). Basically, what many institutions are doing is hiring temp workers. * PAUL K. BRANDON [EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Psychology Dept Minnesota State University, Mankato * * 23 Armstrong Hall, Mankato, MN 56001 ph 507-389-6217 * * http://www.mankato.msus.edu/dept/psych/welcome.html * --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
