ERIC Number: EJ847077
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1541-0935
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Retention of Adjunct Faculty in Community Colleges
Pearch, William J.; Marutz, Linda
Community College Enterprise, v11 n1 p29-44 Spr 2005
As community colleges struggle with keeping their disciplines and programs up-to-date, offer more courses to an ever-increasing student population, and battle shrinking budgets, adjunct faculty save the day (Roueche, Roueche, & Milliron, 1995). To retain quality part-time faculty members already employed in community colleges, as well as new hires that offset retirement of full-time faculty, careful strategies are absolutely necessary. The authors discuss a number of successful strategies.
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Teacher Persistence, Part Time Faculty, Teacher Characteristics, Teacher Selection, Labor Turnover, Teaching Conditions, Socialization, Beginning Teacher Induction, Teacher Salaries, Teacher Employment Benefits, Educational Resources, Faculty Development, Personnel Policy, Teacher Evaluation
Schoolcraft College. Community College Enterprise, 19600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, MI 48152. Fax: 734-462-4679; e-mail: cce@schoolcraft.edu; Web site: http://www.schoolcraft.edu/ccE
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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