ERIC Number: EJ1209525
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Apr
Pages: 39
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Academic Performance in Community Colleges: The Influences of Part-Time and Full-Time Instructors
Xu, Di
American Educational Research Journal, v56 n2 p368-406 Apr 2019
Understanding the relative impacts of part-time adjuncts in community colleges is highly policy-relevant, partly because community colleges rely on part-time faculty heavily and partly because community colleges assume a critical role in addressing the national equity agenda by disproportionately serving underrepresented groups. This study uses individual transcript data to explore how initial exposure to a particular field of study with part-time adjuncts influences student performance in current and subsequent course performance in community colleges. To address selection bias, I use two empirical strategies, a two-way fixed effects model and an instrumental variable approach. The results consistently suggest that part-time adjuncts are associated with higher grades in contemporaneous courses but have negative impacts on subsequent course performance.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Adjunct Faculty, Part Time Faculty, Academic Achievement, Two Year College Students, Public Colleges, Teaching Methods, Student Evaluation, Student Characteristics, Online Courses, Academic Persistence, Readiness
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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