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PhD vs. Adjunct Life: The Academic Job Security Dilemma | #TheLastZebraPod
YouTube video by Ugochukwu Ezema, MD
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December 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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How much do Chapman executives, professors and part-time faculty make? — The Panther Newspaper
According to the university’s most recent tax filings, the highest salaries have risen, creating an even more pronounced wage disparity than those paid by the hour.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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Opinion | The New College Unemployment Line
The jobless gap between high-school and college grads is shrinking.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Proposed Model Bill Would Change College Tenure, Teaching, & Research
Three conservative groups have proposed model legislation that would dramatically change faculty tenure paths, teaching loads, research activities and hiring authority
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December 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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The New College Version of "The Dog Ate My Homework"
Personal Perspective: Students are attempting to use mental health excuses to address their academic shortcomings.
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December 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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Hotly debated by trustees, heralded as a necessity by faculty: What is tenure?
Tenure is a promotion granted to some faculty, essentially giving them permanent employment status.
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December 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Fewer international students are coming to the U.S. What this means for California
The decline of new foreign students enrolling in California's universities may impact the state's scientific advances and economic future.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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What Can You Do About Employees' “Revenge Quitting” Their Jobs?
Almost half of surveyed US workers admit to revenge quitting. Why are employees leaving so abruptly, and what can you do about it?
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November 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize
The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.
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November 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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It’s time to stop worshipping the liberal arts | Letters
Letters: While such institutions have intrinsic value, that doesn’t mean they are entitled to be socially favoured or economically exceptional for ever, says Jianyang Geng
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November 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Poll: In a dramatic shift, Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost
The latest NBC News poll shows two-thirds of registered voters down on the value proposition of a degree. A majority said degrees were worth the cost a dozen years ago.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Adjunct at George Mason fired for drinking with undergrads in class
George Mason University fired an adjunct professor recently after he drank alcohol with undergraduate students in class last week.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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How Bad Are Retirement Savings? Really Bad, A Study Finds
A lot of retirees are worried about having enough money.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Here's an Interesting Theory About Why Kids' Test Results Have Fallen to Their Lowest Point in Two Decades
US standardized test scores have plunged to their lowest in decades, and the problem lies with screens, argues a psychologist.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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‘A Recipe for Idiocracy’
What happens when even college students can’t do math anymore?
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November 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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Opinion | The signs of educational decline are now impossible to ignore
UC San Diego report shows students are not prepared for college, especially in math.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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I got fired from my adjunct professor position. It's the BEST thing that happened to me.
YouTube video by The Bold PhD
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November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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A Day as an Adjunct Professor: Behind the Scenes 🍂🎬
YouTube video by Courtney's Chapter
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November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Multiple student walkouts planned in Charlotte
YouTube video by WCNC
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November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Opinion | ‘We Need to Be Worried’: Three University Leaders on the Fate of Higher Education in the Trump Era
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November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Portland State Illegally Fired 10 Professors — Arbitrator Orders University to Give Them Their Jobs Back
Independent arbitrator ruled November 6 that Portland State University violated faculty union contract when laying off 10 non-tenure-track professors to close $18 million deficit. PSU must restore job...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Why I’m Leaving Academia after a Decade of Contingent Labor
Roughly 70 percent of faculty are contingent. This exploitative hustle is driving dedicated teachers out of academia.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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UCSD Faculty Sound Alarm on Declining Student Skills - Marginal REVOLUTION
The UC San Diego Senate Report on Admissions documents a sharp decline in students’ math and reading skills—a warning that has been sounded before, but this time it’s coming from within the building. ...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Opinion: Faculty matter most. So where’s the support?
Faculty “is the #1 predictor for student return, retention, and graduation, above and beyond all other factors.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Advice | How to Thrive as an Adjunct Professor
Initially disillusioned by part-time teaching, an instructor found ways to forge a successful career.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM