Demographics, Employment Motivations, and Roles of Part-Time Faculty at Virtual Universities

Autor/in	Lefebvre, Lauryl A.
Titel	Demographics, Employment Motivations, and Roles of Part-Time Faculty at Virtual Universities
Quelle	In: New Directions for Higher Education, (2008) 143, S.37-44 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0271-0560
DOI	10.1002/he.311
Schlagwörter	Employment; Virtual Universities; Questionnaires; Profiles; Accreditation (Institutions); Part Time Faculty; Higher Education; Telephone Surveys; Response Rates (Questionnaires); Motivation; Distance Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Dienstverhältnis; Fragebogen; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Accreditation; Institution; Institutions; Akkreditierung; Staatliche Anerkennung; Institut; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Telephone interview; Telefoninterview; Antwortkontrolle; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht
Abstract	This article discusses the demographic profile, employment motivations, and changing roles of virtual faculty who hold part-time appointments. These insights are drawn from a 2006-2007 survey of forty-two part-time faculty working for virtual universities under the purview of the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities for the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). WASC faculty were surveyed using an online questionnaire consisting of thirty-nine close-ended and twenty-four open-ended questions and semistructured telephone interviews. Additional information on the demographic profile comes from a 2005 survey of eighty-four faculty at Walden University, a virtual university with membership in the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. Walden faculty were surveyed using an online questionnaire consisting of twelve close-ended questions. Questionnaire response rates for both studies were 27 percent. (Contains 1 table.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10