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At 10:11 AM 07/10/2010, you wrote: >With a few variations on the theme, pretty much what Jim said. My primary >adjunct gig is with a school where I was a regular faculty member >for 14 years, >so I pretty much know the ropes. Being an adjunct is a mixed blessing for the parties involved. As working librarian teaching what I did on the job was an advantage that no full time academic could beat. Every week during the class session I could write a message to the students chronically interesting questions and events of the week. The down side is never knowing from one semester to the other what or if you are teaching. I felt like I was an hourly employee, not being paid by the hour. Some schools are better than others; none pay a reasonable rate for the amount of hours invested. If the school offered a salary a half time salary for half time work, that would be fair. One semester I taught four classes and the pay was not even close to half of what a full time professor earned. I tried one school that a course I was teaching was obsolete, but they would not let me update it. Once I was given the wrong syllabus and I prepared the wrong course. On the first day of class I discovered that I needed to change textbooks and prepare all new materials. I got through the course, even though I was not an expert in that subject. Since I taught on line I had to pay for my own space, overhead, and computer. BTW -- I have openings for teaching online courses for the fall. If you know of any openings, I let you know what courses I can teach. Daniel Stuhlman Chicago, IL ddstuhlman at earthlink.net Blog: http://kol-safran.blogspot.com/