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Yolanda Y. Williams

New Academic Year Sound-Off

Are you excited about the coming academic year? What excites you the most? What are the challenges you face as the new academic year approa…

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0 Aug. 13, 2008
Yolanda Y. Williams

The high cost of textbooks

There have been many efforts by faculty to assist our students with obtaining textbooks. A couple of questions for discussion: Should it b…

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1 Jul. 9, 2008
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Libraries and E-Books

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3047/research-libraries-embracing-e-books What do you think? Is this a good idea or not? What are…

Started by Yolanda Y. Williams

1 Jun. 3, 2008
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Show Me The Money!

Did you know there are grant opportunities either especially for adjuncts or open to adjuncts? Here is one. If you know of others, add them…

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0 Jun. 2, 2008
Yolanda Y. Williams

Civility in the Classroom

At the Adjunct Faculty session during our last faculty Development Day, interest and concern was expressed on the subject of civility in th…

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0 May. 30, 2008
Yolanda Y. Williams

Semester Debrief

What were some of the highlights (good or bad) for the academic year '07-'08? Feel free to share summer plans and to introduce yourself.

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4 May. 28, 2008
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Distracted Students?

Here are two recent articles, one about use of internet by students in classroom and the other about the "myth" of the ability of students…

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0 May. 27, 2008

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Are any adjuncts involved in the assessment process at MCTC? What has your experience been like?
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How did the semester go? Any comments about budgets, budget cuts, job security or the lack thereof?
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The discussion was wide ranging. Greg Mulcahey (MSCF president/state level) had a lot of questions about various contractual things. Richard Jewel and I talked more about how we managed being adjuncts--avoiding marginalization, etc. It was a very fr…
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