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IN THIS ISSUE

• Five Adjunct Faculty Fulbright Scholars
• Learn how to manage Desk Rage.
• Teamwork between full-time and part-time faculty
• Volunteering abroad may be just what the doctor ordered
• and more...

FEATURES

COVER STORY
Question: is it easier for a rich man to go to heaven, or an adjunct to win a Fulbright?

THE FACULTY
Give us a real piece of your mind: fill out the readership survey for 2000.

MIND, BODY & SOUL
Desk Rage is becoming all the rage. Learn how to manage conflict on the job.

INTERVIEW
Dr. Laura Palmer Noone talks about the University of Phoenix.

NEWS

SHOPTALK
Teamwork between full-time and part-time faculty can make a difference when it comes to negotiating contracts.

INNOCENTS ABROAD
Volunteering abroad may be just what the doctor ordered to revive a flagging career.

DESK DRAWER

• Washington State agencies admit knowledge of illegally denying benefits to thousands of part-time faculty
• Hearing is Believing: Televised hearings shine a bright light on California's 29,000 part-time faculty
• Adjuncts Win the Right to Get Sick

REVIEWS

PAGES
A review of The Courage to Teach. Put aside the idea that teaching tricks and optimized working conditions make the classroom a better place.

FOURTH ESTATE
Lechers, Psychos & Frauds. Take your pick of novels written during the past 50 years, and you'll find unflattering portrayals of professors.

OPINION

UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM
"The Lottery." Students who elect courses staffed by adjunct faculty are sometimes playing Russian Roulette.

FIRST PERSON
"Prosperity & Activism." Looking out for number one and looking out for the little guy shouldn't be mutually exclusive.

IVORY TOWER
"The Quantum Mechanical Adjunct." Part-time faculty and electrons, it turns out, have a lot in common.

THE LAST WORD
Accentuating the positive.