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• Read about part-time and temporary faculty in Australia, Scotland, Canada, Malaysia, Italy and Japan
• If you're looking for a new computer, don't close the deal until you've looked over our list of discounts available to adjuncts.
• Interested in teaching abroad? Check out our new resource list!
• Perhaps it's just easier to be smart nowadays, or maybe profs. lack moral fortitude. An essay on grade inflation.
• and more...

FEATURES

AUSTRALIA
What’s life as a casual faculty member like in Australia? A Ph.D. student’s dissertation research paints a striking portrait of part-timers down under.

SCOTLAND
Highlanders battle what they call the “caste-system” of fixed-term lectureships, despite the passage of a law in 2002 which has made such appointments illegal.

CANADA
North of the U.S. border, sessional faculty enjoy the benefits of “big-tent” union organizing. Could the same strategy benefit part-time faculty in the States?

MALAYSIA
Many private institutions in Malaysia are desperate to recruit part-timers to teach, never mind their abilities. Colleges place priority on snaring student fees.

ITALY
The country’s 1,600 lettori won their class action suit. Italian politicians then demoted all lecturers to technitions. Now, the EU Court of Justice has announced it will fine Italy 300,000 Euros per day--the first such fine ever levied.

JAPAN
Despite two new faculty unions, part-timers in Japan are still getting a raw deal.

NEWS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

GOING THE DISTANCE
Full-time faculty are worried about the automation of on-line courses. Should part-time faculty be worried, as well?

INNOCENTS ABROAD
Last Fall, writer Anthony Akers said goodbye to teaching part-time. After teaching for three months in Hungary, he has experienced a change of heart.

DESK DRAWER

• Palomar Part-Timers Get Equity Pay Held By College Since 2001
• Rutgers Part-Time Lecturers Settle Contract Dispute
• UC-Davis Lecturers Win in Court
• U-Kansas Regents Pan Plan for Benefit to Adjunct Professors

REVIEWS

THE NET
If you’re in the market for a new computer, don’t close the deal until you’ve looked at our list of manufacturer discounts available to adjunct faculty.

THE NET
Looking for teaching work abroad? Check out our newly updated resource list.

PAGES
Our reviewer tells you whether Success Strategies for Adjunct Faculty would be a good addition to your library.

OPINION

IVORY TOWER
Perhaps it’s just easier to be smart nowadays, or maybe college profs. lack moral fortitude.

THE LAST WORD