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Leslie, David W.; Gappa, Judith M. – Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, 1995
A national study indicates that part-time faculty now teach a major portion of undergraduate studies, and that most institutions plan to use more in the future. Data from the study are used to describe part-time faculty characteristics, how they contribute to their institutions, and the conditions in which they work. Suggestions are made for…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Employment Patterns, Faculty Workload, Higher Education
Gappa, Judith M.; Leslie, David W. – 1997
This paper, one in a series about the priorities of the professoriate, traces the rise in the use of part-time faculty and asks whether academic employment has become a dual labor market. Data for the study was derived from the 1993 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty. The research focuses on the effects on part-time faculty and on educational…
Descriptors: Adjunct Faculty, College Faculty, Educational Quality, Employment Patterns
