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| Autor/in | Leslie, David W. |
|---|---|
| Titel | Part-Time, Adjunct, and Temporary Faculty: The New Majority? Report of the Sloan Conference on Part-Time and Adjunct Faculty (Arlington, VA, December 2-3, 1997). |
| Quelle | (1998), (39 Seiten)
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Academic Rank (Professional); Adjunct Faculty; College Faculty; Educational Quality; Employment Practices; Faculty College Relationship; Faculty Workload; Higher Education; Nontenured Faculty; Occupational Mobility; Part Time Faculty; Postsecondary Education; Teacher Characteristics; National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty |
| Abstract | This report examines the changes, and the potential consequences of those changes, in the employment patterns of American academics, focusing specifically on the use of short-term and temporary instructors by postsecondary institutions. Following a brief introduction, the report describes shifts in hiring patterns of postsecondary institutions, noting that 41.6 percent of all faculty at such institutions are now part-time. The next section details the differences between part- and full-time faculty, using economic and demographic data from the 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty. The causes of the dramatic increase in part-time faculty are examined, and it is suggested that the expansion of community college programs has been the main contributing factor--although no one single factor explains the shift. The effects that the increased reliance on part-time instruction have had on the quality of education is described in the subsequent section, followed by a discussion of the attitudes of part-time faculty toward their work. The final sections of the report examine how the shift to part-time instructors has created changes in the nature of the academic profession that may be impacting the integrity of academic institutions. A list of Sloan Conference participants is appended. (Contains 16 references.) (MAB) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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