Tina Is an Adjunct Professor Who Is Teaching Under a One-Course

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Essay

Tina is an adjunct professor who is teaching under a one-course contract.With six weeks to go in the course,she is offered a tenure track position at another school that requires her to start within a week.When Tina approaches the administration,what options are available,if any,regarding the adjunct contract and her desire to leave early?

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Symptomatic Focus

An approach in medicine or psychology that emphasizes treating or addressing the symptoms of a disease or disorder rather than its underlying causes.

Social Causes

Underlying societal factors that contribute to specific outcomes or conditions, such as poverty, inequality, and social norms.

Biologically Caused

Phenomena or conditions that result directly from genetic, cellular, or physiological processes.

Organic Illness

Health conditions that are caused by physiological or biological factors, often involving structural or functional changes in body organs.