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Part-time Faculty (part-time + faculty)

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Selected Abstracts

Part-Time Faculty: Why Should We Care?

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, Issue 123 2003
Maureen Murphy Nutting
Even at institutions where highly trained, highly motivated, and deeply committed part-timers teach, part-time instruction can adversely affect teaching, the support of students, the general quality of education, and morale in departments. [source]

Multiple judgments: Institutional context and part-time faculty

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, Issue 140 2007
John S. Levin
Part-time faculty are best understood as extensions of institutional identity. In the twenty-first century, the identity of community colleges makes part-time faculty central to the organization's goals. [source]

Globalization, the new economy, and part-time faculty

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, Issue 140 2007
Richard L. Wagoner
This chapter analyzes data from the 1999 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty to suggest that community college part-time faculty can be understood as temporary labor in the new economy. [source]

The employment of part-time faculty at community colleges

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, Issue 143 2008
Chad Christensen
It is important to understand the reasons that community colleges hire part-time faculty, their effectiveness, and the working conditions they face at two-year institutions. [source]

Demographics, employment motivations, and roles of part-time faculty at virtual universities

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, Issue 143 2008
Lauryl A. LefebvreArticle first published online: 21 AUG 200
Faculty members working within virtual university settings are distinguished demographically and by their employment motivations and work roles. [source]

Closing the gate: Part-Time faculty instruction in gatekeeper courses and first-year persistence

NEW DIRECTIONS FOR TEACHING & LEARNING, Issue 115 2008
M. Kevin Eagan
This chapter reports the results of a large study on the effects of part-time faculty on student persistence and suggests that administrators give careful consideration when trying to reduce expenses through the use of such faculty in large beginning courses. [source]