A lack of common policies and mandatory training are among the challenges for institutions as they seek to guide their adjunct faculty, according to a survey from the Every Learner Everywhere network.

When I started teaching as an adjunct more than a decade ago, I felt as though my wish to become a college professor had been granted, but I hadn’t worded the wish carefully enough. Apparently, when I ...

Across the nation, colleges are progressively relying more on adjunct instructors as a cost-effective alternative to tenured and tenure-track positions. In the fall of 2021, 68% of U.S. faculty were ...

They are key contributors to student educational success, yet relatively few receive adequate professional development, write Anna Conway and Thomas J. Tobin. Some college and university adjunct ...

After practicing law and perhaps specializing in a particular area for several years, you cannot help but think, "I wish they had taught me [blank] in law school." You start to wonder whether you ...

This section is designed for faculty members teaching undergraduate classes on the University City and Center City campuses. Information for faculty in the College of Medicine is available through the ...

What does “non-exempt classification” mean? Non-exempt employees are paid on an hourly basis and are required to submit timesheets. They are also afforded legal protections regarding meal breaks, ...

That question, raised at a recent gathering of adjunct faculty at The Architectural League’s Soho offices, highlights not only the precarity of part-time architectural educators—who now constitute 54 ...

Nearly a decade ago, Kyle Hetrick split his time between being an adjunct professor at Ivy Tech Bloomington and working retail at the Greenwood Park Mall. He'd just finished graduate school at Indiana ...

During a hearing this past Friday, November 12, the New York City Council sought new information about the use and treatment of adjunct faculty at the City University of New York (CUNY), a ...