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July 8, 2022

Colleges: It’s time to upgrade the adjuncts

By Darren Johnson Campus News There have been some articles of late about The Great Resignation affecting full-time faculty members, and a very popular…

May 30, 2022

THE ADJUNCT COLUMN: The Cars We Drive, the Miles We Carry

By Darren Johnson Campus News OK, I’ll be honest. One of the main places where I test drive ideas for this column is an…

December 15, 2021

The rise (and fall) of the super-adjunct

By Darren Johnson Campus News The typical full-time professor may earn $50,000 to $100,000 a year, give or take, and teach a spring and…

December 3, 2021

Adjunct instructors and ‘the Great Resignation’

By Darren Johnson Campus News I belong to a few adjunct gripe groups on Facebook, and every now and then someone will come on…

September 10, 2021

Should in-person adjunct instructors get hazard pay?

By Darren Johnson Campus News I’ve been adjunct teaching as a side gig most of my adult life, usually a course or two a…

March 29, 2019

New Book! ‘Prof. Mule’ is a love and crime story that takes on the plight of the adjunct

“Prof. Mule” is a scintillating new novel both literary and fantastic, a hybrid of crime and college fiction, by award-winning writer Darren Johnson. Learn…

February 6, 2024

Here’s a podcast about newspapers and journalism

The Weekly Newspaper Podcast has a unique perspective on local journalism, hosted by Campus News publisher Darren Johnson who is both a college newspaper…

June 21, 2022

2-year colleges lose their “community”

By Darren Johnson Campus News In my state, New York, many of the two-year colleges have ditched the word “community” from their names; so…

April 16, 2022

The Upside of Being a Part-Time College Instructor; and How You Can Do It, Too

By Darren Johnson Campus News In my long life thus far, I don’t think I’ve ever read a positive article on college adjunct teaching,…

March 18, 2022

The frozen Pompeii of post-Covid college

By Darren Johnson Campus News I’m adjunct teaching at a couple of colleges this semester, and I visit many more campuses on behalf of…

February 14, 2022

The bloated death of the college syllabus

By Darren Johnson Campus News Ah, the syllabus. The bane of first-day classes. So boring. Not a great ice-breaker. But it doesn’t have to…

November 1, 2021

Comics as literature: RCC English prof’s colorful take

By Darren Johnson Campus News Rockland Community College English professor Shamika Mitchell has become a Comic-Con staple, especially at the prestigious San Diego one,…

October 16, 2021

The kiddie table of academia

By Darren Johnson Campus News It’s holiday time, and for those unfamiliar with large American family gatherings this time of year, let me tell…

June 25, 2021

From the Publisher: Fall will be starting over for Campus News

By Darren Johnson Campus News Campus News began about a dozen years ago. Before that, I was advising a student newspaper at one campus…

April 16, 2021

STAC’s new president focusing on growth

Note: Above photo of STAC students is pre-pandemic. By Darren Johnson Campus News Relatively new St. Thomas Aquinas College (STAC) President Ken Daly signed…