Resources

Even the most carefully prepared instructor cannot anticipate all of the unique consequences of every instructor/student interaction.

The best way to ensure that all of your students feel comfortable is to explore ways to foster an open, safe environment for all students, while learning more about the varied backgrounds and experiences that your students bring to your classroom.

A short list of things to keep in mind when you're trying to draw your students into discussion.

A Personal Response System (PRS, or "clicker") is a way to introduce interactivity into your large lecture courses.

"A short bulleted list of effective techniques when lecturing, from Stanford University's Teaching Commons. "

Before you reconcile yourself to the idea that excellence in teaching and research are mutually exclusive, consider the similarities between the two endeavors.

Often-cited Chronicle of Higher Education article by Stacey Patton. Discusses the financial hardships and lack of job security faced by adjunct faculty.

Now classic Pittsburgh Post-Gazette op-ed by Daniel Kovalik. Powerful piece following the death of Margaret Mary Vojtko, an adjunct faculty member at Duquesne University for 25 years.

Report by House Committee on Education and the Workforce Democratic Staff (Jan 2014). A Staff Report Summarizing eForum Responses on the Working Conditions of Contingent Faculty in Higher Education

June 2012 report by the Coalition on the Academic Workforce. A Portrait of Part-Time Faculty Members: A Summary of Findings on Part-Time Faculty Respondents to the Coalition on the Academic Workforce Survey of Contingent Faculty Members and Instructors. Not a representative sample but provides helpful data on adjunct conditions.