ERIC Number: EJ1230069
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019
Pages: 30
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What We Know (and Don't Know) about Adjunct Faculty as Teachers at Four-Year Institutions
Bolitzer, Liza Ann
Review of Higher Education, v43 n1 p113-142 Fall 2019
While historically adjunct faculty were concentrated at community colleges, their hiring is increasing at four-year institutions (Kezar & Sam, 2010b). Towards better understanding this growing segment of college faculty, this paper presents an analytic review of the extant research on adjuncts as teachers at bachelor-granting institutions. It identifies five major areas of research on adjunct faculty as teachers: motivations to teach, qualifications to teach, institutional support, job satisfaction, and teaching effectiveness. It concludes with recommendations for how future educational research may deepen understandings of adjunct faculty as teachers through utilizing new theoretical perspectives and research methods.
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Bachelors Degrees, Teacher Motivation, Teacher Qualifications, Faculty College Relationship, Job Satisfaction, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Research, Student Behavior, Course Evaluation, Educational Practices
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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