November 28, 2008

2 More Problems Adjuncts Face

To the Editor:

"Use of Part-Time Instructors Tied to Lower Student Success" (The Chronicle, November 14) addressed many of the problems regarding adjunct professors and student success. I have been teaching as an adjunct at Rutgers University in New Jersey for the past six years and would like to highlight two more:

As an adjunct I only come to the campus twice a week for class and my scheduled office hours. I do not have an office on the campus that I can use to meet with