Adjuncts wanted. (New products: looking for higher-education and technology products and services? Start here).A new Web site helps colleges and universities around the world locate and retain top-notch adjunct adjunct (aj´ungkt), n a drug or other substance that serves a supplemental purpose in therapy. adjunct faculty. National Education Association statistics reveal that parttime Adj. 1. parttime - involving less than the standard or customary time for an activity; "part-time employees"; "a part-time job" part-time faculty now exceed 43 percent of all U.S. post-secondary faculty; what's more, they teach 25 percent of courses--a rate that has doubled since 1970. launched last fall by Massachusetts Massachusetts (măsəch  `sĭts), most populous of the New England states of the NE United States. Technology Corp., Adjunctopia.com matches skilled
professionals to the growing need for teachers within their respective
fields.
Judith Judith [Heb.,=Jewess], early Jewish book included in the Septuagint, but not included in the Hebrew Bible, and placed in the Apocrypha of Protestant Bibles. It recounts an attack on the Jews by an army led by Holofernes, Nebuchadnezzar's general. Slisz, dean of Accelerated Degree Programs for Teikyo Post University (CT) says finding the right instructor to staff the school's sites used to take days, but with Adjunctopia, she has qualified candidtes within 24 hours. Adjunctopia currently boasts 1,500 active adjunct members. An average institution pays $3,500 for a full-access, yearly membership. Visit www.adjunctopia.com for details. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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