tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post6533847791089153680..comments2023-11-22T04:27:07.521-06:00Comments on glen brown: Higher Education’s Darkest Secret by Maria Maistogbrownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13435049339082622611noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-72813540074807247682014-02-08T11:41:10.163-06:002014-02-08T11:41:10.163-06:00Excellent points made in all three comments so far...Excellent points made in all three comments so far. I was part of that whole system when it first was introduced at COD and their "satellite" facilities. Which, as we have seen, has been adopted by the 4 year institutions, NIU etc. and their off site campuses. I fought part-time counseling at the high school for years with little if any support from anyone. Nobody seemed to be able to see the big picture and all the negative ramifications for staff and student alike. Very sad, just circling around the drain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-46977232101023378292014-02-08T10:54:31.562-06:002014-02-08T10:54:31.562-06:00And watch out for the next trend--- high school st...And watch out for the next trend--- high school students taking community college courses for college credit at their high school campus. Boards like it because it looks like rigor, or whatever, but in reality it's likely to be staffed by another stressed out, economically marginalized part-timer working basically just trying to survive.Learhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053574139373063271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-1692921799583940982014-02-08T09:56:30.762-06:002014-02-08T09:56:30.762-06:00I see this creeping into the high schools as well....I see this creeping into the high schools as well. There are more and more part time high school teachers.james77777https://www.blogger.com/profile/01242702995243505226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1797875972831999598.post-48636694076437463502014-02-08T08:09:57.892-06:002014-02-08T08:09:57.892-06:00Glen - Well, well I know this world. All too well ...Glen - Well, well I know this world. All too well indeed. From 1994-2002, I was a combination of adjunct faculty member and part-time employee at a local junior college. (Oh hell, let's play the name-them-and-shame-them game: It was Triton College.) This is all very, very true. In adult ed like GED and ESL (where I worked since all I had was a BA) it is almost 100% part-time. A full time job teaching adult ESL in Chicagoland is like a place on the US Supreme Court it seemed like - only one opened every few years and sometimes literally hundreds would apply for it. Mostly, it is about saving on health care costs, and only secondarily about the flexibility in hiring it gives, although that plays a role. I routinely worked from 7:00 am to 9:45 pm at three or four different jobs, usually with an hour off for lunch and for dinner. I worked weekends. I left because I could not make a living doing it. Those low taxes you pay for your junior college district have a steep, steep cost in human well-beingRich Sassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08178446194173850506noreply@blogger.com