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Are you ready to use AI in your classrooms?

Why You Should Embrace ChatGPT AI in the Classroom by Caroli e Chu It’s o lo ger ews that o e of the first professio al sectors threate ed by the rapid adoptio of ChatGPT a d ge erative AI is educatio – u iversities a d colleges arou d the cou try co ve ed emerge cy meeti gs to discuss what to do about the risk of [...]

Grad students say the high cost of housing in Ann Arbor, Michigan is eating up their stipends.

U-M Grad Student Instructors on Strike by Jon KingMembers of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) AFT Local 3550 went out on strike Wednesday, with economic issues the main point of contention.The union, which is an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), represents

New Mexico's Senate passed legislation last year that requires a living wage for those who work at public schools, including public colleges and universities. This would have a huge impact on faculty compensation. The New Mexico House is considering the Bill now. Here's a great Letter to the Editor urging its passage and implementation.

LETTER: New Mexico adjunct faculty deserve a living wage   Last year, New Mexico’s Legislature enacted Senate Bill 1 which guaranteed a living wage to all public educators teaching pre-K through 12th grade. This year, New Mexico’s Legislature should enact House Bill 417, a bill that proposes to establish a comparable living wage for all faculty t...

California Comm. College Audit Caught Officials Misspending State Funds to Employ Too Many Adjuncts

Remember California faculty leaders' promises to negotiate contracts whereby administrators would "hire into full-time faculty positions with additional state money?

California Comm. College Audit Caught Officials Misspending State Funds to Employ Too Many Adjuncts State auditor faults state cha cellor’s office for ot providi g proper oversight by Michael Burke Califor ia’s commu ity colleges do ot employ e ough full-time faculty a d i some cases districts are misspe di g state fu ds allocated for those faculty i stead o too ma y part-time adju cts, accord...

From our long-time pal in Washington State, Keith Hoeller.

Are you still paying off student loans? Here' some math: In the 2020-2021 academic year, the College Board found that 51% of students who graduated from public four-year institutions left with federal debt averaging more than $21,000 per person.

In the 1968-1969 academic year, adjusted for inflation, it cost $1,545 to attend a public, four-year institution, according to data from the National Center for Education Statistics https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d21/tables/dt21_330.10.asp . This includes tuition, fees, room and board. That’s compared with $29,033 in the 2020-2021 school year, data shows.

If education costs had remained in line with inflation, that number would be around $12,000 per year.

College tuition has risen almost 300 percent more than the cost of inflation.

Average undergraduate tuition, fees, room, and board rates charged for full-time students in degree-granting postsecondary institutions, by level and control of institution: Selected years, 1963-64 through 2020-21 The primary purpose of the Digest of Education Statistics is to provide a compilation of statistical information covering the broad field of American education from prekindergarten through graduate school. The Digest includes a selection of data from many sources, both government and private, and dr...

A Harvard sophomore writing in the Harvard Crimson has some good (and some not so good) ideas about how to improve pay for adjunct faculty.

Peg Adjunct Per Course Pay to Local Cost of Living? Well, D’uh! by P.D. Lesko I rece tly read this great opi io piece by Julie Berma published i the Harvard Crimso . Titled “Adju cts: The Faculty U derclass,” I expected it to be the same old tired argume ts i favor of breathi g, clea water a d, yes, the eed to treat adju ct faculty better. Much to my [...]

Preceptors at Harvard are trying to form a union. In the meantime, this Crimson op-ed suggests a trio of changes to improve the lots of the College's adjunct faculty.

Adjuncts: The Faculty Underclass | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson But for adjuncts — part-time professors paid per course — it’s not all glitz and glamor. In fact, across the country, higher education continues to underpay and overwork this faculty underclass.

The faculty, including adjunct faculty, have had no contract since 2017. Now, the University President says the hold-up is that the new contract has to "benefit" the entire college. Should faculty union contracts be negotiated to the advantage of the entire institution?

Comm. College President Says New Faculty Contract Has to “Benefit the Whole College” Cli to Commu ity College Preside t Joh Kowal says he is hopeful a ew co tract betwee the i stitutio ’s Board of Trustees a d Faculty Associatio U io will be agreed upo soo . The FA has go e without a ew co tract, a d thus, salary i creases, from the board si ce 2017. I [...]

Our friends at the Daily Nous pose a very interesting question. Is it caveat emptor, or do universities have a responsibility to only admit as many Ph.D. students that funding can support?

Should Ph.D. Studentships Be Unfunded? by Josh Wei berg, Daily Nous U der what co ditio s, if a y, should a graduate program i philosophy admit PhD stude ts for whom it ca ot provide fu di g? Visit the Daily Nous to comme t. A professor at a departme t of philosophy se t i that questio for co sideratio amo g the [...]

If you have the academic title, do you insist that it be used? Should you?

Megyn Kelly ripped online after criticizing Jill Biden’s ‘Dr.’ title

Megyn Kelly ripped online after criticizing Jill Biden’s ‘Dr.’ title Former Fox News host and conservative pundit Megyn Kelly is facing backlash online after she criticized first lady Jill Biden, who holds a doctorate in education, for the use of her “Dr.” titl…

Are you our next Part-Time Thoughts columnist?

Higher Ed. Columnist Wanted This year, AdjunctNation is celebrating its 30th anniversary. For the past three decades, the publication has been giving adjunct faculty and their allies a voice, a place online to call home and a Part-Time Thoughts column for writers who want to stand up for the 1,000,000 women and men who teach p...

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