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On Seeing My High School Friend Get Married
High School Friend on Right Ocean got married earlier this month, and it was a glorious day. He and I...
Caps on Adjuncts
My cc is gearing up for yet another discussion of the proper 'cap' on the number of credits taught by...
Ask the Administrator: What Do Proprietaries Do?
A fellow blogger writes: Recently, a for profit school opened in our area, and seeing it here, where there's a...
Release Time and Double Dipping
If you're a full-time faculty member, and you get a courseload reduction in exchange for taking on some extra non-classroom...
Ask the Administrator: Salary Haggling
A new correspondent writes: With a little luck and a lot of hard work (and a long, drawn out application...
Ask the Administrator: Selling Assessment
A new correspondent writes: I'm interviewing for an interesting non-faculty position soon, and before I go in to the interview...
Ask the Administrator: Firing Student Assistants
A regular reader writes: I'd love to hear people's advice on how to fire student assistants gracefully. Better still, I'd...
Ask the Administrator: Rounding Up References
An occasional correspondent writes: I've been teaching as an adjunct for five semesters at my local community college. I carry...