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• North of the border, there has been a dramtic increase in the use of sessionals.
• The glut in Ph.D.s persists. Perhaps it’s time for faculty to sit down with their undergraduate students and tell them the honest truth.
• We’ve rounded-up the best teaching handbooks. Check them out!
• Call me Ismael. What your students call you can have a huge impact on the overall quality of the learning environment.
• and more...

FEATURES

THE NEIGHBORS
North of the border, over the past two decades there has been a dramtic increase in the use of sessionals. On the up side, in Canada, roughly 85 percent of the country’s non-tenure track faculty are unionized. On the down side, life as a sessional is still a hard row to hoe.

THE JOB MARKET
The glut in Ph.D.s persists despite the fact that college and university administrators are well aware of the problem. Perhaps it’s time for faculty to sit down with their undergraduate students and tell them the honest truth about the job market in higher education.

THE AFTERLIFE
If you have a Ph.D. or Master’s degree but have not landed a full-time teaching job despite your best efforts, consider life after Academe. For some, it’s downright heavenly.

NEWS

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

GOING THE DISTANCE
What do online learners value most in their distance education courses? Here are some actual student comments compiled from evals. Read ’em and pay close attention.

SHOPTALK
Roger Couvrette is shaking things up in Ontario. Specifically, he is demanding the repeal of a law which forbids part-time and sessional faculty in the province from organizing.

DESK DRAWER

• Faculty, College of the Canyons Reach Deal
• Concordia University Union Protests Against $35,000 Stipend
• Wayne State Part-Time Faculty Closer to Unionizing
• Palomar Launching "Grade Change" Probe

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS
Jason Heath plays the double bass. He recently began teaching music part-time, as well. He does some math and plays the blues.

IN THE CLASSROOM

IN THE CLASSROOM
Call me Ismael. What your students call you can have a huge impact on the overall quality of the learning environment.

REVIEWS

PAGES
We’ve rounded-up the best teaching handbooks. Check them out!

PAGES
The Academic’s Handbook. Reviewer Mark J. Drozdowski tells you whether it’s a must have handbook for part-timers.

OPINION

FIRST PERSON
Can getting the sack actually be good for you? Well, essayist Laura Yeager seems to thinks so. She writes about the joys of being let go.

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
The art of conversation has been replaced with a penchant for debate in our society. If conversation is ever to make a comback, it will have to begin on college campuses. Unfortunately, we may have to wait while faculty members get a handle on what it means to listen.