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IN THIS ISSUE

• Last year, contingent faculty won some of academia's most coveted fellowships and prizes. We profile winners of six prestigious awards
• Crossing over: What gets adjuncts onto the tenure-track? Our writer poses the question to several ex-part-timers who've recently made the leap
• Looking for a grant? We've put together a list of the Web's best grantwriting resources
• La Vida Ecuadoriana: Teaching English in Ecuador
• and more...

FEATURES

COVER STORY
From a MacArthur Fellowship to the Fulbright Scholar Award, last year contingent faculty in the United States won some of the nation’s most coveted academic fellowships and prizes. We profile winners of six prestigious awards.

MONEY
Apply for a fellowship or grant from a lesser known program, and your chances of winning rise. We’ve put together a list of eight lesser known grant and fellowship competitions open to adjunct faculty.

THE JOB
Crossing over: adjunct and other temporary faculty do jump over to the tenure-track. What gets them there? Research? Teaching? Publishing? Our writer finds out from some who’ve recently made the leap.

NEWS

LETTERS

INNOCENTS ABROAD
La Vida Ecuadoriana: Teaching English in Ecuador.

GOING THE DISTANCE
International borders prove no boundry to distance education. One prof’s story of developing and teaching a cross-continental course.

DESK DRAWER

• Victor Valley Adjuncts Prepare to Hold Election Adjunct faculty at California’s Victor Valley Community College prepare to hold elections.
• Faculty Union in California Negotiates Less than One percent raise for Part-Time Faculty Members California faculty union negotiates a less than one percent raise for its adjunct members.
• The 50 Percent Solution An Iowa Community College president devises plan to pay retired full-timers who teach part-time 50 percent more than regular part-time faculty.
• At SIUE A Push for Two Unions: P/T and F/T Union organizers at SIUE push for two unions: p/t and f/t
• Harper College Adjuncts Hold Union Vote At Harper College nearly 500 part-time faculty members will hold an organizational vote in March 2004.
• Adjunct Faculty at PSU Settle Contract After 10 Month Negotiation In January, the Portland State University Faculty Association and the PSU administration came to a tentative agreement on a proposed contract.

REVIEWS

THE NET
A quick guide to the Web’s best grantwriting resources.

FOURTH ESTATE
A review of the newsletter that’s all the rage: Women in Higher Education.

OPINION

FIRST PERSON
The only thing tougher than working at a dead-end teaching job, is realizing that you’re working at a dead-end teaching job and doing something about it.

UNCONVENTIONAL WISDOM
Shari Dinkins answers student e-mail twice daily. Is she a glutton for punishment?

THE LAST WORD
Temptation and the California part-time faculty equity pay pie.