Capital Improvement Board approves grant for IUPUI Natatorium
What is being called a world-class facility for aquatic sports in Indianapolis will soon have a bigger pool of public funding to pay for maintenance.
Part-time Faculty. Full-time Impact.
"Part-time Faculty. Full-time Impact." was produced by the Associate Faculty Advisory Board at IUPUI in Indianapolis, Indiana. The board seeks to improve ...
I appreciate the attention being paid to this issue. As an IUPUI adjunct, I
can personally attest to low wages, an unstable schedule, and never knowing
if I'll even have a job or be able to pay rent the next semester. Even if
I've been assigned a ertain number of classes for the upcoming semester,
inevitably the day before classes start, I get a phone call from the dept.
informing me that they are taking away a class or two to be given to a full
time faculty member.
(cont) - I didn't know teaching at a university would be like this - this
is what I went to school for! Yet with the lack of full time positions
available and the incredibly low wages for adjuncts, I can barely pay rent
- and I've given up hope on making payments for all my student loans. I've
tried applying for work at stores, restaurants, etc, but I never even get
an interview because I'm too overqualified.
Good work - bravo. It strikes just the right note for educating
non-academics and those in academia unaware (or ignoring) P/T condition -
not preaching to the choir. This would be very useful for campus equity
week too. I agree about showing teaching but wouldn't that require signed
releases from all the students in the class? Vanessa @ NFM
Gutsy! My hat is off to all who participated. My only tip would be to show
the teachers teaching and to get more full-timers and administrators
talking. A "bar graph" of this growing trend to use p-t faculty might help
novices to this subject.
Work at two or three schools? I wish. I work at 4 or 5 every semester
-teaching 8 - 9 courses on average, plus summers and winter session
courses. No time off.
Full Story: //www.indianapublicmedia.org/news/iupui-investigation-class-real-explosion-scenes-85648/ IUPUI students learn how to comb through blast ...