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The latest news about non-tenured faculty from around the globe. We've got news, reviews, interviews, profiles, professional development tips, opinion and round-ups of everything you need to know to keep up to speed on the ever-changing world of higher education.

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The price of providing remedial training is costly. The Alliance for Excellent Education estimates the nation loses $3.7 billion a year because students are not learning basic needed skills, including $1.4 billion to provide remedial education for students who have recently completed high school.

NEWS

SHOPTALK
University of Michigan lecturers rallied in late-April to protest the non-reappointment of one of the Lecturers Employment Organization's top officials, a move some lecturers are calling retaliation against the union.

DESK DRAWER

• CMU Prez Meets Adjunct Union Activists
• Eight Adjuncts at American College of the Building Arts Sue For Back Pay
• PCC Faculty Approve Previous Year's Contract
• Arbitrator Finds NYU Violated Adjuncts' Contract
• ACLU Backs Adjunct Who Resigned Over College Request For DNA Sample

IN THE CLASSROOM

IN THE CLASSROOM
Cell phones are now being incorporated into schools and are changing the way students learn. Educators are now using technology in order to teach students from the MySpace and Facebook generation, according to Innovate, a journal of online education.

OPINION

IVORY TOWER
College is the most complicated expensive purchase most people ever make. Houses are relatively easy—you can walk through ahead of time and hire an inspector to check the foundations for rot. Higher education, by contrast, is what economists call an “experiential good” – you don’t really know what you’re getting until after you’ve gotten it.