You Are Taking a Course with an Adjunct Professor Who

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Essay

You are taking a course with 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 she approaches the administration, what options are available, if any, regarding the adjunct contract and her desire to leave early?

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