Whether you want to teach one course in addition to your main career or use adjuncting as a stepping stone to a fulltime job, there is a lot to know about adjuncting that is cloaked in secrecy. Jan Yager, Ph.D., who was a fulltime Assistant Professor at the New York Institute of Technology before taking time off to raise her two sons, returning to college teaching, as an adjunct, has taught at a dozen colleges and universities. She has also conducted extensive research via surveys and interviews with fulltime and adjunct faculty and academic administrators for this unique and much-needed book.

There are close to 1 million adjuncts in just the U.S. and part-time faculty is a worldwide phenomenon today.