Good enough for the "Second Lady"

[asterroc]

So y'all know I advocate for public higher ed, especially the value of community colleges since I work at one. And I also agitate for adjuncts - part time faculty who are paid per course with no benefits or even an office most of the time. They're essentially taken advantage of by the administration, and many full-timers put them down for not contributing to the college the same way full-timers do (e.g., advising and committees). So when I read the L.A. Times article on Dr. Jill Biden, I just had to see if my union chapter pres would fwd it to the membership. We shall see if she does, but here's the email meantime.

If you feel this would be appropriate for the union membership, they might be interested to know that the Second Lady (VP's wife), Dr. Jill Biden, is apparently the first to continue in a paying job while her husband was in office - and the position she is in is as a community college adjunct! She's teaching ESL and developmental English at Northern Virginia Community College.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/washingtondc/la-na-dr-jill-biden2-2009feb02,0,548459.story

I am pleased to see that she feels that adjunct teaching at a community college is as valuable a contribution to the country as being the Second Lady.

Comments

[allandaros.livejournal.com]

That is pretty awesome!

However, I bear a long-standing grudge against NoVA CC for their irritatingly ear-wormish ads on the radio back in The Day.

[framefolly.livejournal.com]

What a great piece of news :) .

[marquiswildbill.livejournal.com]

That's awesome. I hope it leads to better treatment/visibility of adjuncts. Two of my favorite profs ever have been adjuncts, and they typically get a raw deal. One was a history prof who taught at three schools trying to make ends meet while trying to get a fulltime position anywhere (he was really well liked, must've sucked in interviews or something). The other was a successful electrical engineer who taught calculus at night because he liked doing it, and did it very well.