Are adjunct professors independent contractors (1099 workers) or W2 employees? Adjuncts are typically contracted to teach on a course-by-course basis but are considere...
Trends In Higher Education
Adjunct Teaching: Sharing your Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise or the New, New Sharing Economy
It seems that every successful new start up I read about lately has something to do with the new “sharing economy”: Uber, Airbnb and Simplist (formerly Sna...
Closing the Skills Gap: Are Adjuncts the Answer?
The skills gap is an issue that has been much debated in recent years. The skills gap refers to the discrepancy between the skill set needed to succeed in the professi...
Tenure-Track or Not? Academic Hierarchies at Universities
Tenure is the right of a professor not to be subjected to summary dismissal without just cause; this right is typically awarded contractually after a probationary peri...
Turning Education on its Head: The Positives and Pitfalls of the Flipped Classroom
A recent trend in college classrooms is what administrators call “the flipped classroom,” which refers to class structures that provide prerecorded lecture...
