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Direct linkMeagan Meredith; Yi Leaf Zhang – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2024
As the reliance on part-time faculty members in community colleges increases, it is imperative to understand their contributions toward student success. This article analyzes a large body of existing literature that examines the use of part-time faculty and their impact on student academic outcomes. The article utilizes Foucault's three modes of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Part Time Faculty, Teacher Influence, Teacher Student Relationship
Download full textInstitute for Higher Education Policy, 2012
For-profit institutions are more visible today among policymakers, researchers, and investors, due in large part to the sharp rise in the number of students attending them over the last decade. From 2000 to 2009, enrollment in the for-profit sector tripled while enrollment in the public and not-for-profit sectors increased by less than 25 percent.…
Descriptors: Classification, Proprietary Schools, Postsecondary Education, Institutional Characteristics
Institute for Higher Education Policy, 2012
For-profit institutions are more visible today among policymakers, researchers, and investors, due in large part to the sharp rise in the number of students attending them over the last decade. From 2000 to 2009, enrollment in the for-profit sector tripled while enrollment in the public and not-for-profit sectors increased by less than 25 percent.…
Descriptors: Classification, Proprietary Schools, Postsecondary Education, Institutional Characteristics
Kinchen, Nancy Huval – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Part-time faculty members represent the majority of faculty at public two-year postsecondary institutions. Utilizing part-time faculty enables two-year institutions to control their instructional costs and maintain scheduling flexibility. However, part-time faculty are diverse in regards to their employment preference, some prefer part-time…
Descriptors: Two Year Colleges, Postsecondary Education, College Faculty, Part Time Employment
Hardy, David E.; Katsinas, Stephen G. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2008
This article uses the 2005 Basic Classifications of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching as a framing device through which to examine patterns of student financial aid at America's rural community colleges, which represent 64% of all U.S. community colleges. Rural community colleges serve more first-time, full-time students than…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Financial Aid, Grants, Rural Schools
