The exploitation of adjunct faculty is a disgrace to the academy. The prominence and indispensability of part-time faculty is obvious, yet they are rarely acknowledged or compensated for their mandatory contributions to higher education. This paper seeks to explicate how adjunct faculty are at risk and disempowered by a lack of respect…

This chapter examines the specific issues and problems of hiring part-time instructors for foreign language courses. Specifically, it discusses the part-time situation for teaching Russian in the Washington, DC area. It looks first at the major factors involved in hiring part-timers, particularly compared to graduate teaching assistants, commonly…

This publication asserts an urgent need to professionalize the manner in which part-time/adjunct college faculty are employed, compensated, and treated, both by their employers and their unions, laying out standards of good practice. Section 1, "Curbing the Exploitation of Part-Time/Adjunct Faculty in Employment," presents standards of…

Considers the contrasting yet complementary relationship of accountability and parity with respect to part-time faculty. Using Hagerstown Junior College as a frame of reference, considers formative and summative evaluation objectives and procedures for part-time faculty evaluation. Looks at the utility of evaluation and its benefits to faculty and…

Reviews the literature on part-time faculty quality, equality, and parity. Argues that part-time faculty/practitioners offer the expertise and immediacy needed for dynamic occupational training; that temporary part-time faculty should teach occasional programs; and that permanent part-time faculty, integrated into the college community, should…

Reviews the problems, benefits, and issues surrounding the large-scale employment of part-time faculty. Describes three current models for increasing part-time faculty effectiveness: Pima College's part-time faculty handbook, Vista College's Peer Teaching and Learning Consultants Project, and the League for Innovation in the Community College's…

Administrators should relate to teachers of their adult classes in the same way that they would like those teachers to relate to learners. Two especially important contact points are the initial interview and orientation, and formal and informal inservice education. (Author/SK)

The continuing education administrator should provide support that will enable teachers to perform effectively. By using Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theory as a framework, the administrator can develop a positive working environment and seek ways of providing motivation to the teacher. (SK)

It is suggested that academic librarians possess the necessary skills for teaching in a classroom environment. The librarian-teacher is viewed as being able to convey subject skills and bibliographic skills on a simultaneous and fully integrated basis. Suggestions for utilization of this teaching resource are included. (SF)

Part-time faculty are critical in providing a sense of the marketplace to guide curriculum improvement. If adjuncts are not given a greater role, market forces will dictate curriculum change, albeit slowly and inefficiently. (SK)

Describes a study that surveyed faculty and staff in 300 two-year colleges to identify the elements of planning, implementation, funding, and evaluation for development of both full-time and part-time faculty. Reports that statistically significant differences were found among colleges of different sizes and among accreditation regions. (Contains…

Examines the characteristics and role of the part-time community college faculty member. Reviews ways colleges typically provide opportunities for enrichment and renewal for all faculty and recommends the use of team-teaching to reward full-time faculty while providing a one-on-one professional development experience for part-time faculty. (DMM)

Discusses part-time faculty members, or adjuncts, in the fields of journalism and mass communication. Asserts that a coherent plan is needed for the use of part-time teachers throughout higher education and especially in journalism. Makes suggestions for this plan. (MS)

Responses from 19 of 29 participants in teacher certification courses who were part-time tutors revealed differences in attitudes. Those who progressed in maintaining their qualifications were more positive about the role of tutors and professional development; those who did not saw further education as more peripheral to their lives. (SK)

Describes steps taken by the English department at Washington State University to deal with the double bind of overproduction of PhDs and the situation of temporary instructors. Addresses the forces pushing against these efforts and the department chair's difficulties in dealing with those forces. (RS)